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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.

Darrah within Hale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

80 since 1994

Regional 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140927-001
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150924-001
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140923-001
22 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 43, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hale 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Akron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hale 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
Evansville2.3 miles14
Akron2.8 miles9
New Prospect3.0 miles9
Oak Village3.2 miles14
Wedgeworth3.6 miles14
Stewart5.8 miles9
Sawyerville7.8 miles9
Cypress9.0 miles9

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 DarrahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21551236The 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.