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Halcyon, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36117. The Survey maps it on the Barachias quadrangle.

Halcyon within Montgomery 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

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Halcyon between 1995 and 2018, burning about 572 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1200 BLOCK OF WARES FERRY ROAD, AL
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionOLD POND RD, AL
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Halcyon: 11 producers, 2 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite, Silica. 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
Deep South Const. Co PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Hodson PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mitylene PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Deep South Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Froggy Bottom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcgee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mity Lene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mount Meigs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oliver MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oliver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Eastwood Farms0.7 miles13
Bellwood Plantation1.4 miles13
Mitylene1.7 miles13
Bell Meadows1.7 miles13
Landmarks1.8 miles13
Arrowhead1.8 miles13
Brighton Estates2.0 miles13
Bell Station2.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142586. 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.