BlockHornsbytown, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36078. It stands on Graveyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tallassee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tallassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Hornsbytown between 1994 and 2016, burning about 919 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120927-002 |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hornsbytown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharpe # 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordanville | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Tallassee | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Butts Mill | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Neman | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Kent | 5.0 miles | 11 |
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 Q122569276 | The 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 137226. 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.