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Hampton, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36850. It stands on McCowan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dudleyville quadrangle.

Hampton within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

63 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Hampton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 628 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-8
3 August 2002Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2019Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190823-2
12 August 2002Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2000Natural24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 2018Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180712-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hampton: 8 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Gold, Mica, Asbestos. 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
Allen Clay ProspectClayProspect
Heard-Dennis ProspectAsbestosProspect
Buttston Mica MineMicaUnknown
Carleton MineMicaPast Producer
Easterwood MineMicaPast Producer
Saunders ProspectMicaOccurrence
Goldville PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Johnson ProspectGoldOccurrence1840, 1845
Morgan PlacerGoldOccurrence1892
Morgan PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Persons Bridge (historical)1.1 miles10
Buttston1.6 miles11
Oakfuskudshi (historical)1.9 miles11
Denver2.4 miles10
Dudleyville3.1 miles10
Everglade3.5 miles11
Matilda (historical)3.9 miles11
Niuyaka (historical)4.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156450. 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.