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Fort McDermott, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daphne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36527. It stands on Spanish Fort Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bridgehead quadrangle.

Fort McDermott within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Fort McDermott between 1994 and 2020, burning about 639 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
30 September 1995Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-4
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150920-009
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission26680 POLLARD ROAD, AL
8 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 225 & BLAKELEY RD., AL
4 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission10407 HWY 31, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin 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 Fort McDermott: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Bal 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Y P S Kaolin ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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
Spanish Fort0.3 miles24
Bridgehead0.4 miles24
Park City1.9 miles24
Jackson Oak3.3 miles21
Malbis3.6 miles18
Daphne4.7 miles21
Blakeley4.9 miles24
Bromley5.4 miles18

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 Q122570338The 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 156367. 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.