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Center, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Haleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. The Survey maps it on the Kinlock Spring quadrangle.

Center within Winston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Center between 1995 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winston 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 Center: 1 producer. All of them 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Winston 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
Littleville1.1 miles12
Needmore1.3 miles13
Martintown1.8 miles12
Forkville2.0 miles12
Donaldson Mill2.2 miles14
Pebble2.7 miles12
Haleyville3.2 miles13
DeFoor3.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159354. 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.