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Duncan, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexander City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35010. The Survey maps it on the Alexander City quadrangle.

Duncan within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

111 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Duncan between 1994 and 2019, burning about 891 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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 burning44
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-3
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-21
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140919-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Duncan: 5 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides, Clay. 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
Hillabee Plant and Pit Number 1ClayProducer
Dutch Bend MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerBarite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Mahan PitsGold, SulfidesOccurrenceGold
Chisolm ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Croft PitsGoldOccurrenceGold
Duncan ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Duncan ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Dutch Bend Ulrich Pits Romanoff MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Maham PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Stone PitsGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Reeves0.5 miles12
Fuller0.6 miles12
Andrew Jackson1.4 miles12
Sunny Level1.8 miles12
Dobbs1.9 miles12
Sherwood Forest2.0 miles12
Parish Hills2.3 miles12
Morningside2.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137406. 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.