Dixie, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Maplesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36790. It stands on Boggles Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle.

Dixie within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1982 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
2002 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,743 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	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
9 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Debris and open burning	47 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28 acres	National Forests in Alabama	GLEN BARNETT
19 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton 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 Dixie: 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
	Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Chilton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Stanton	0.9 miles	17
Parnell	2.0 miles	17
Riderville	3.4 miles	17
Adams	4.0 miles	16
Maplesville	4.9 miles	15
Pletcher	6.6 miles	16
New Convert	7.6 miles	15
Isabella	9.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159503. 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.