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Concord, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. The Survey maps it on the Lineville West quadrangle.

Concord within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

132 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,622 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHEAHA #3
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHEAHA #2
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burning32 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 32 past producers, 10 prospects, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Graphite, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
Carbon MountainGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1917
Dempsy Greenstone Manganese OutcropManganeseOccurrence
Jennings-Republic AreaGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1914
Pyriton AreaCopper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, GoldPast Producer1850
Pyriton MinesSulfur, CopperPast Producer
Pyriton MinesIron, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer1862
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Al Au & Mica Co MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama Gold & Mica Co. MineGoldPast Producer
Alabama Gold and Mica Co Gold MineGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Highland1.6 miles12
Pyriton1.6 miles12
Watts Crossroads1.7 miles12
Bowden Grove3.0 miles12
Campbell Springs3.3 miles12
Campbells Crossroads3.8 miles15
Barfield4.8 miles12
Lineville5.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 169111. 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.