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Hawk, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. It stands on Rice Branch. The Survey maps it on the Graham quadrangle.

Hawk within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Hawk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 863 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 45 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism45
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-4
29 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Debris and open burning3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019CARROLL003
23 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-12
16 September 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-15
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hawk: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast Producer1908
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Butlers Mill1.8 miles12
Providence2.5 miles13
Lofty2.6 miles12
Kaylor2.8 miles13
Lamar3.0 miles12
Graham3.0 miles13
Pine Hill3.2 miles12
Newell3.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156456. 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.