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Halltown, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Red Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35582. The Survey maps it on the Halltown quadrangle.

Halltown within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Halltown between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,485 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 September 2000Natural30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2008Arson/incendiarism19 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 37, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Halltown: 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halltown in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHalltown$25,000Numerous trees were blown down across the town of Halltown.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHalltown-Multiple trees were knocked down in Red Bay on Highway 247. Time was estimated by radar.
March 2013HailHalltown-Golf ball sized hail was reported.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Seven Pines1.5 miles11
Burntout2.1 miles11
Jordans Mill3.1 miles11
Old Burleson3.2 miles11
Piney Bend3.8 miles12
Red Bay4.3 miles12
Vina5.3 miles11
Pleasant Site6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119606. 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.