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Denton Acres, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36303. The Survey maps it on the Midland City quadrangle.

Denton Acres within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Denton Acres between 1994 and 2020, burning about 399 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
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
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTIDWELL FALLS OFF ENFINGER RD, AL
22 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200802-2
6 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use42 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2000Misuse of fire by a minor22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2008Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 73, AL
4 May 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Denton Acres: 13 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
231 North QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Couch Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gray QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Lingo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roy J. Lingo Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Grand Acres0.8 miles8
Griffin Heights1.3 miles8
Rock Creek Park1.3 miles8
Kelly Springs1.4 miles8
Oakland Estates1.7 miles8
Woodsvale1.8 miles8
Sullivan Heights1.8 miles8
Chateau Estates1.8 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.

Wikidata item Q122550137The 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 132263. 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.