BlockBefore

Hatton, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Leighton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35646. It stands on Shaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wheeler Dam quadrangle. It stands 650 feet above sea level.

Hatton within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

117 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Hatton between 1994 and 2016, burning about 457 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-3
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-6
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionRIVER ROAD, AL
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hatton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tuscumbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Bethel1.4 miles17
Underwood Crossroads2.3 miles18
Midway2.6 miles15
Shady Grove (historical)2.8 miles15
Ford City3.1 miles18
Fosters Mill3.7 miles17
Section3.8 miles15
Nitrate City3.9 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on HattonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5682117The 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 132903. 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.