BlockFort Morgan, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Foley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36542. The Survey maps it on the Fort Morgan quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort Morgan
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 2 records
Sand Island Lightlisted 1975
U.S.S. TECUMSEHlisted 1975
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
1 photograph,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
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Fort Morgan between 1995 and 2019, burning about 523 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
| 4 July 2002 | Natural | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2012 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | FORT MORGAN FIREWORKS |
| 5 June 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | ST. ANDREWS |
| 29 June 2001 | Natural | 455 acres | Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge | LIL PT CLR |
| 23 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170423-1 |
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 Morgan: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Highlands | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Palmetto Beach | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Grove | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gasque | 10.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oyster Bay | 15.4 miles | 17 | |
| Barnwell | 15.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bayside | 16.3 miles | 18 | |
| Yupon | 16.6 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fort Morgan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3077951 | The 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 156368. 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.