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Carns, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stevenson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35746. It lies in Carns Cove. The Survey maps it on the Wannville quadrangle.

Carns within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Carns between 1994 and 2018, burning about 426 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-10
26 August 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2008Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 42, AL
16 July 2008Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 42, HOLLYWOOD AL, AL
15 June 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 June 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160610-2
27 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160527-6
26 May 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160526-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Carns: 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
Hollywood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Kyles2.1 miles24
Fairfield (historical)3.2 miles21
Fackler3.6 miles21
Mud Creek (historical)4.5 miles24
Allison4.8 miles22
Blackankle5.1 miles21
Martintown5.3 miles23
Wannville5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115633. 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.