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Dart, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waterloo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35677. It lies near Crusoe Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Wright quadrangle.

Dart within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

137 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Dart between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,109 acres in total. None started naturally. 76 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/incendiarism76
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
4 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140930-001
29 September 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 152, AL
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresTennessee Division of ForestryBEVIS FIRE #3
25 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2010Smokingunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryGRASSY CREEK FIRE
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTennessee Division of ForestryDAVIS FIRE
18 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionMILFORD CEMETERY ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale 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 Dart: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Iron. 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
Duncan's Chapel & School ProspectIronOccurrence
Beckham Hollow TripoliSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Lester Hollow TripoliSilicaOccurrenceTripoli
White HollowSilicaOccurrenceTripoli

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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
Murphy Cross Roads1.6 miles18
Kendell (historical)2.5 miles18
Stewartville4.3 miles19
Threet5.9 miles19
Melvin (historical)6.4 miles19
Wright6.9 miles18
Gravelly Springs7.5 miles18
Mathews (historical)8.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166178. 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.