Booneville, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the McCullough-Huxford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. It stands on Oxhead Branch. The Survey maps it on the McCullough quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS McCullough quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
163 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Booneville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,348 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150907-002 |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 9.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140923-001 |
| 12 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150807-002 |
| 25 August 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140824-001 |
| 23 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Springs | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| McCullough | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Poarch | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Huxford | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ewing Farms | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Gillis | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Martinville | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Freemanville | 9.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156096. 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.






