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Cortelyou, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Wagarville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36585. It stands on Roberts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wagarville quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Cortelyou within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Cortelyou between 1994 and 2020, burning about 962 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-3
21 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-22
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGRAVEL PIT RD, AL
29 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140815-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cortelyou: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Wagarville1.4 miles14
Wagar1.5 miles11
Sunflower2.8 miles14
Prestwick3.0 miles11
Bassetts Creek3.1 miles14
Carson4.9 miles11
New Wakefield5.4 miles14
Leroy5.7 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CortelyouAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461156The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157925. 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.