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Fowler, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Boligee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35443. The Survey maps it on the Epes East quadrangle.

Fowler within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

63 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Fowler between 1994 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined39 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150926-001
23 September 2004Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190808-2
31 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200731-2
31 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20150731-002
3 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fowler: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Silica, 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
Epes Lime PitCalciumProducer
Swilley's Bend QuarrySilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Bell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Swilleys Bend PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thetford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Miller1.4 miles13
Boligee2.6 miles9
Five Points3.5 miles13
Hycutt3.9 miles13
Lizzieville4.4 miles9
Braggville4.7 miles13
Allison6.1 miles15
Crawford Fork6.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156376. 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.