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Eastwood, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bay Minette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36507. The Survey maps it on the Bay Minette North quadrangle.

Eastwood within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

291 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Eastwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,519 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 82 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 burning117
Arson/incendiarism82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-16
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-001
21 September 2018Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180921-2
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140902-003
19 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionBRADY RD & LL OWENS, AL
17 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Eastwood: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Pinchona Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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
Bay Minette1.2 miles13
Douglasville2.4 miles13
D'Olive2.7 miles13
Pinchona2.7 miles16
Carney3.1 miles16
Pine Grove4.0 miles18
Phillipsville6.2 miles16
Dyas6.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 134553. 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.