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Forester Chapel, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36276. The Survey maps it on the Wadley North quadrangle.

Forester Chapel within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

135 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Forester Chapel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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 burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-8
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150920-003
17 September 2003Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forester Chapel: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Louina2.6 miles11
Concord2.6 miles12
Mount Olive2.8 miles11
Wadley3.1 miles11
Friendship3.2 miles11
Malone3.5 miles12
Blake3.8 miles11
Dickert4.0 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 Q122549315The 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 118502. 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.