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Adams, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Maplesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36750. The Survey maps it on the Pletcher quadrangle.

Adams within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

110 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Adams between 1994 and 2020, burning about 980 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-18
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning47 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Adams: 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
EufaulaAluminumUnknownResidual
EufaulaAluminumPast ProducerGibbsite

Every working recorded in Chilton County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stanton3.6 miles17
Pletcher3.6 miles16
Maplesville4.0 miles15
Dixie4.0 miles17
Parnell5.3 miles17
New Convert5.5 miles15
Pools Crossroads6.0 miles17
Fairview6.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155977. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.