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Canaan, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hope Hull census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36105. The Survey maps it on the Snowdoun quadrangle.

Canaan within Montgomery 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

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Canaan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning20
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-10
21 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-21
21 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-20
13 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-1
28 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170828-2
24 August 2000Smoking2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Canaan: 2 producers. 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
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shiloh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Tharin1.0 miles11
Roxana2.3 miles11
Pine Needles2.3 miles11
Snowdoun2.6 miles11
Hobbie Farm3.2 miles10
Hunting Downs3.4 miles11
Le Grand3.5 miles11
Pintlala3.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115514. 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.