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Doster, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36311. The Survey maps it on the Elamville quadrangle.

Doster within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Doster between 1994 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning2.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-27
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20130613-001
31 May 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Doster: 24 unknowns, 9 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. 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
Davis MinesAluminumPast Producer
Hertzog ProspectAluminumOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Doster in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDoster-A weakening long-lived bow echo uprooted a few trees along Highway 51 southwest of Clio.

Every storm recorded in Barbour 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
Coal Springs (historical)1.1 miles8
Bethel1.4 miles8
Elamville1.7 miles8
Akinsville3.4 miles8
Clio5.4 miles8
Teals Crossroads5.6 miles8
Tyler Crossroads8.7 miles8
Blue Springs8.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117394. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.