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Carson, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wagarville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36548. The Survey maps it on the Prestwick quadrangle.

Carson within Washington 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

61 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Carson between 1994 and 2019, burning about 369 acres in total. 1 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
29 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-3
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Carson: 5 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Silica, 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
Wagerville QuarrySilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Bush WellBromineOccurrence1902
The Salt Mountain WellBromineOccurrence1904
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Hunter Bend PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W.T. Ratliff Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Prestwick1.9 miles11
Leroy3.2 miles8
Wagar3.5 miles11
Bassetts Creek4.8 miles14
Cortelyou4.9 miles14
Wagarville5.2 miles14
Sunflower7.2 miles14
Saint Stephens7.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115653. 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.