BlockDry Forks, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Coy-Fatama census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36435. It sits by Gullett Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Camden South quadrangle.
On record in Dry Forks
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dry Forks Plantationlisted 1999 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Camden South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Dry Forks between 1994 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150912-001 |
| 11 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140801-001 |
| 8 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140708-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dry Forks: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama River Gravel-Wilcox Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal | Producer | Placer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellie | 0.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pebble Hill | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Asahel | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bellview | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Coal Bluff | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Coy | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Sheppard | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rockwest | 6.8 miles | 8 |
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 Q122540450 | The 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 156281. 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.