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Carmen, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36009. It stands on Gin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle.

Carmen within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Carmen between 1994 and 2018, burning about 340 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined87 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2008Debris and open burning55 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOFF U.S. HWY 331, AL
26 May 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160526-4
23 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 May 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Carmen: 19 past producers, 15 unknowns, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Cre 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Felix Horn ProspectIronProspect
J S Layton ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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
Glenwood2.4 miles8
Peacock (historical)2.7 miles7
Brantley5.0 miles7
Social Town5.5 miles8
Shirleys Crossroads5.8 miles8
Bullock6.3 miles7
Vidette6.9 miles8
Luverne7.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156150. 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.