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Hallway, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36804. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Hallway within Lee 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

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Hallway between 1994 and 2016, burning about 393 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140926-001
10 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3590 CR 38, AL
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hallway: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron. 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
Ballinger ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Hilyer-Knight ProspectIronOccurrence
Kiln-Gilmore Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Opelika Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Edgewood Forest1.2 miles13
Opelika1.8 miles14
Five Points1.9 miles14
Orr Estates2.0 miles13
Chewacla2.0 miles13
Crooked Creek2.1 miles15
Westside2.3 miles14
Alta Vista2.6 miles14

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 Q122565018The 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 138187. 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.