BlockFort Gaines, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bayou La Batre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36528. The Survey maps it on the Fort Morgan quadrangle.
On record in Fort Gaines
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Fort Gaineslisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Dauphin Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Morgan quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Biloxi quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Photographs
2 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fort Gaines between 1992 and 2018, burning about 279 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | FTMORGANRV |
| 27 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 109 BIENVILLE BLVD., AL |
| 2 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | F+MGNCAMP |
| 13 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | FORT MORGAN FIREWORKS |
| 13 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | LITTLEDAUP |
| 3 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 March 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | LDISLAND95 |
| 5 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180105-3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fort Gaines: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Zirconium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphine Island Offshore Sands | Titanium, Metal, Zirconium | Occurrence | Placer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin Island | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Heron Bay | 7.9 miles | 24 | |
| Alabama Port | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Delchamps | 11.2 miles | 24 | |
| Nelson | 12.1 miles | 24 | |
| Coden | 12.7 miles | 24 | |
| Faustinas | 12.9 miles | 25 | |
| Mon Louis | 13.3 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156366. 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.