Darrah, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Stewart-Akron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35441. The Survey maps it on the Warrior Dam quadrangle. It stands 112 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1927 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Eutaw quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Warrior Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Darrah between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,029 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140927-001 |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150924-001 |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140923-001 |
| 22 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 43, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Darrah: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Akron | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| New Prospect | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Village | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wedgeworth | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stewart | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sawyerville | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cypress | 9.0 miles | 9 |
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 Darrah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21551236 | The 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 156252. 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.







