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Bucksnort, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35747. It lies near Fort Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.

Bucksnort within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Bucksnort between 1994 and 2017, burning about 942 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-4
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-7
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Smoking15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 431 S, AL
14 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150728-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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 Bucksnort: 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
Diamond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucksnort in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBucksnort-Multiple trees were knocked down along White Elephant Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBucksnort-Numerous trees were knocked down on Simpson Point Road near Grant. Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Keel (historical)1.0 miles23
Honeycomb Park1.9 miles24
Shady Acres2.3 miles24
Pine Shores2.7 miles24
Half Acre Estates3.0 miles24
Humpton3.1 miles23
Grant3.2 miles23
Campbell Mill3.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156131. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.