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Burntout, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Red Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35593. It stands on Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Halltown quadrangle.

Burntout within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

62 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Burntout between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,520 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2000Natural30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2008Arson/incendiarism19 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 37, AL
2 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Burntout: 5 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burntout in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 3 hail. 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
March 2018HailBurntout-Baseball sized hail was reported near Burntout.
April 2014HailBurntout-Hail up to quarter sized was reported.
May 2008HailBurntout-Quarter size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Jordans Mill1.2 miles11
Piney Bend1.8 miles12
Halltown2.1 miles11
Old Burleson2.9 miles11
Seven Pines2.9 miles11
Dempsey4.5 miles12
Old Nauvoo5.1 miles12
Vina5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115270. 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.