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Douglas, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Payne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35967. It lies near Castle Rock. The Survey maps it on the Fort Payne quadrangle.

Douglas within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

92 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Douglas between 1997 and 2020, burning about 860 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 2010Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-14
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2003Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Douglas: 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Fullers Earth. 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
Dek 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Ladd MineClay, Fullers EarthPast Producer
Browder MineKaolinPast Producer
Fort Payne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
New Ladd MineKaolinPast Producer
Pearsall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dekalb CountyIronUnknown
Fort Payne AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Fort Payne Area-BIronPast ProducerHematite
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Fort Payne1.3 miles23
Minvale2.4 miles23
Rawlingsville (historical)2.8 miles23
Hughes Mill3.0 miles21
Pine Ridge3.1 miles21
Adamsburg3.6 miles23
Wills Valley3.6 miles23
Bootsville (historical)4.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150200. 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.