Dudleyville, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36850. The Survey maps it on the Dudleyville quadrangle. It stands 741 feet above sea level.
On record in Dudleyville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Black-Gilling House, County Road 44, Dudleyvillefederal building survey, 9 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dudleyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Dudleyville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 824 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120926-003 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-8 |
| 24 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180924-2 |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-19 |
| 23 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190823-2 |
| 2 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Dudleyville: 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Mica, Gold, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Heard-Dennis Prospect | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Morgan Placer | Gold | Occurrence | 1892 | |
| Morgan Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Abernathy Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Buttston Mica Mine | Mica | Unknown | ||
| Carleton Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Easterwood Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Howard Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Saunders Prospect | Mica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttston | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Hampton | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Persons Bridge (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Oakfuskudshi (historical) | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Easton | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Denver | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Matilda (historical) | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Everglade | 6.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Dudleyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17514816 | 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 117634. 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.





