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Easton, Alabama

11 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 36853. The Survey maps it on the Buttston quadrangle.

Easton within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 1994 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-1
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 49, AL
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Easton: 15 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Talc-Soapstone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Heard-Dennis ProspectAsbestosProspect
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881
Jennings LodeGoldOccurrenceGold
Tapley MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Clem Vines North ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Clem Vines South ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Garfield Heard PropertyTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Knight Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Perry Wise-Sanders ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc

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
Sessions3.0 miles11
Eagle Creek3.6 miles11
Niuyaka (historical)3.8 miles11
Buttston4.0 miles11
Matilda (historical)4.1 miles11
Tohopeka4.7 miles11
Oakfuskudshi (historical)5.0 miles11
Cholocco Litabixee (historical)5.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156294. 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.