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Hall Grove, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Munford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle.

Hall Grove within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Hall Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,862 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 87 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 burning117
Arson/incendiarism87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150908-001
26 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-3
20 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hall Grove: 7 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Barium-Barite. 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
Giles Myric MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducerQuartz
Camp Ore BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer Iron Ore MinesIronPast Producer1850, 1943
John Bruce'sIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Ironaton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Ironton DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Bethlehem1.5 miles21
Munford1.9 miles21
Grant Town2.4 miles21
McElderry2.4 miles14
Curry2.8 miles22
Jenifer3.3 miles21
Turner3.5 miles23
Richeytown3.5 miles21

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 Q122569702The 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 162447. 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.