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Gaino, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36016. The Survey maps it on the Baker Hill quadrangle.

Gaino within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Gaino between 1994 and 2020, burning about 871 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-5
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-7
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-10
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use13 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-11
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2016Debris and open burning3.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160827-4
26 August 2000Natural18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1058 COTTONHILL ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Gaino: 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, 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
Bowden DepositsClayOccurrence
Barbour County PitAluminumPast Producer
J B Lee MineAluminumPast Producer
Kaiser Number 4AluminumOccurrence
Mchellon No. 1 ProspectAluminumProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gaino in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2011Thunderstorm WindGaino$3,000Several trees were blown down southeast of Clayton.

Every storm recorded in Barbour 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
Cotton Hill3.4 miles7
White Oak4.1 miles7
Baker Hill4.7 miles7
Lime Sink4.9 miles7
Sandy Point5.2 miles7
Oateston5.7 miles7
Clayton6.1 miles8
Osco6.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156389. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.