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Ewing Farms, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the McCullough-Huxford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. It stands on Turkeypen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Freemanville quadrangle.

Ewing Farms within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

476 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Ewing Farms between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,075 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 223 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/incendiarism223
Debris and open burning139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
4 September 2000Natural9.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2165 JAMES RD, AL
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1994Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ewing Farms: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Freeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith & Kelly Supply Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Alabama Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
United Materials Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
Mount Gillis3.5 miles11
Freemanville3.6 miles11
Poarch3.9 miles11
Nokomis5.1 miles11
Pleasant Hill5.3 miles9
Martinville5.7 miles9
Jack Springs5.7 miles11
Raley Forest Hill6.4 miles11

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 Q122592459The 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 156329. 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.