BlockHixon, Alabama
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36925. It stands on Hannah Branch. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1929 USGS Epes quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Epes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hixon between 1995 and 2019, burning about 514 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | 85 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140908-001 |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-11 |
| 25 September 2016 | Natural | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-20 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160910-10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hixon: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bloating Material, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Livingston Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Banks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Halsell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Russell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| York | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Millville | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Moore Town | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Boyd | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lilita | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Bluffport | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Arrington (historical) | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156483. 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.