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Gumbud, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35555. It stands on Gumbud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fayette quadrangle.

Gumbud within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Gumbud between 1994 and 2020, burning about 789 acres in total. 6 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-5
15 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCANAN ROAD , AL
9 August 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gumbud: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Fayette County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Jerusalem3.1 miles11
Rossland City3.6 miles10
Fayette4.0 miles10
Old Town4.5 miles10
Cedar Hill5.3 miles10
Stough5.5 miles10
Newtonville5.9 miles11
Covin6.0 miles9

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 Q122598143The 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 137729. 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.