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Apple Grove, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Eva census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35175. It lies near Cotaco Valley. The Survey maps it on the Newsome Sinks quadrangle.

Apple Grove within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Apple Grove between 1994 and 2019, burning about 433 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1268 HICKORY CIRCLE, AL
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-7
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-20
24 September 2010Debris and open burning26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Apple Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant No. 5 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Center Grove1.8 miles20
Peach Grove (historical)3.1 miles20
Ryan Crossroads3.9 miles20
West Point4.1 miles20
Winn Crossroads4.2 miles20
Briscoe4.2 miles20
Florette5.1 miles20
Lynntown5.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155996. 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.