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Deans, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35151. It stands on Averett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wilsonville quadrangle.

Deans within Talladega County

On record in Deans

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

116 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Deans between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,160 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 34 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 burning37
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160926-2
25 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning48 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Deans: 8 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Morretti-Harrah QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Gantts Number 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hightower QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sylacuga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adair & Brewer DiggingsIronPast ProducerResidual
Mcpherson's BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Shelving RockIronUnknown
Sulphur Springs MountainIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Fayetteville1.2 miles25
Talladega Springs3.4 miles25
Sulphur Spring3.6 miles25
Kahatchee4.5 miles25
Gantts Junction5.0 miles23
Mount Sharon5.1 miles25
Gantts Quarry5.1 miles23
Oak Grove5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144792. 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.