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Fields, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. The Survey maps it on the Eufaula North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fields within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

52 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Fields (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
17 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140911-002
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200602-2
6 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200506-9
5 May 2001Smoking7.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 May 2006Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Fields (historical): 6 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Eufaula PitAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Barbour Operation Wilson-Snead MillKaolinProducer
Eufaula MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Tullis0.9 miles8
Osco2.2 miles8
Eufaula3.0 miles8
Hoboken3.0 miles8
Knowlton (historical)3.5 miles7
Lugo5.0 miles8
Cotton Hill5.9 miles7
Terese6.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 134780. 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.