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Edgefield, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36016. It stands on Hamm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle.

Edgefield within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Edgefield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 886 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-13
29 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-15
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-25
20 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2019Natural12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190910-4
10 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission552 CO RD 75, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Edgefield: 71 occurrences, 28 past producers, 10 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Water, Free, Iron, 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
A P Green Mine & Eufaula MillClayProducer
Barbour County MinesClayPast Producer
Eufaula PlantClayProducer
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Baker 1Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Black Brothers Sand and Gravel PitAluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
EubanksAluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Barbour 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
Texasville2.8 miles8
Oateston3.1 miles7
Spio (historical)3.1 miles8
Black Gum Corners (historical)3.3 miles8
Lime Sink4.8 miles7
Baker Hill5.8 miles7
Richards Crossroads5.9 miles8
Lindsey5.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117856. 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.