Casey, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Selmont-Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36701. The Survey maps it on the Sardis quadrangle.

Casey within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Benton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Benton SW quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Sardis quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

104 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Casey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 765 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning	47
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Smoking	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	3.7 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Casey: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
S & G Strip Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Selma Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Tyler Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tyler	3.4 miles	12
Sardis	3.7 miles	12
Polk	4.9 miles	12
Selmont	5.7 miles	15
West Selmont	5.8 miles	15
Berlin	5.9 miles	13
Mount Nebo	6.4 miles	13
New Everdale	6.6 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144535. 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.