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Ewing, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hokes Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35903. It lies near Caddell Island. The Survey maps it on the Glencoe quadrangle.

Ewing within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Ewing between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,548 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
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
9 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-3
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGLENN ST., AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ewing: 10 unknowns, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Black Bros. S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boatfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laney MineIronPast Producer
Laney OpeningsIronPast ProducerHematite
Scarborough Iron MineIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Noojinsville1.0 miles18
Smiths Crossroads1.9 miles18
Hokes Bluff2.2 miles18
Burns Park2.5 miles18
Glencoe2.7 miles18
Bachelors Chapel2.8 miles19
Nisbit (historical)2.9 miles18
Keysburg3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118087. 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.