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Caryton, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It lies near Cary Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Margerum quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Caryton within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Caryton (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,026 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 92 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/incendiarism92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Smoking1
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning13 acresMississippi Forestry Commission2508
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2020Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commission7420

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Caryton (historical): 4 prospects, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, 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
Jack Thorne PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Margem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Doan Hollow Tripoli DepositSilicaOccurrenceTripoli
TripoliSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
H ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
K ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Tva PitAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
I ProspectAluminumProspect
L ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Walker (historical)1.3 miles19
Margerum3.8 miles19
Riverton4.0 miles18
Ingleton (historical)4.2 miles19
Chickasaw (historical)4.4 miles18
Lime Kiln4.4 miles19
Buzzard Roost5.1 miles19
Lane Springs5.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166016. 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.