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Enoe, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oakman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35579. It lies near Swindle Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oakman quadrangle.

Enoe within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

162 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Enoe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,638 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-9
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism48 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140925-002
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker 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
Marietta1.6 miles17
Stephenson Crossing2.0 miles17
Oakman2.5 miles17
Bethel2.5 miles17
Dixie Springs2.6 miles17
Hayes Crossing3.0 miles17
Key Hill3.4 miles17
Patton3.8 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122566474The 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 156317. 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.