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Jackson Spur, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36915. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Toxey quadrangle.

Jackson Spur within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

80 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Spur between 1995 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200909-1
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-9
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined95 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNEEDHAM RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Spur: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fullers Earth, Zeolites. 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
Cho 8 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Tallahatta Claystone, West ButlerFullers Earth, ZeolitesProspectBEDDED

Every working recorded in Choctaw 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
Hodgewood1.5 miles12
Lusk1.7 miles12
Bogueloosa2.3 miles12
Needham2.4 miles12
Brightwater2.6 miles12
Toxey3.0 miles12
Okatuppa4.4 miles12
Turner4.4 miles12

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 Q122541970The 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 156520. 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.