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Buckville, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36078. It stands on Stone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrville quadrangle.

Buckville within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

171 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Buckville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,590 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning53
Arson/incendiarism52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural1
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
8 September 2017Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170908-1
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120923-001
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120902-001
18 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa 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 Buckville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Sharpe # 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Carrville2.0 miles11
Tallapoosa City2.3 miles11
Smith2.6 miles11
Reeltown6.5 miles11
Liberty City7.4 miles11
Church Hill (historical)10.7 miles10
Cherokee Bluffs11.3 miles11
Union12.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115149. 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.