Andrew, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Prattville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. The Survey maps it on the Deatsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Andrew within Autauga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Elmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1975 USGS Elmore SW quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Deatsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

317 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of Andrew (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,046 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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 burning	148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	59
Arson/incendiarism	42
Equipment and vehicle use	32
Recreation and ceremony	18
Smoking	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Fireworks	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160909-13
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pine Level	1.1 miles	17
Stoney Point	2.3 miles	17
Mount Sinai	4.5 miles	18
Poseys Crossroads	4.7 miles	18
Wilder Hill (historical)	4.8 miles	15
Oak Grove	5.7 miles	18
Whispering Pines	5.8 miles	18
Live Oaks	5.9 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147513. 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.