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Johnson, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35760. It stands on Scott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville Dam quadrangle.

Johnson within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

50 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 1994 and 2018, burning about 888 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160926-11
15 September 2011Smoking15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 431 S, AL
1 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1996Recreation and ceremony15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160601-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Johnson: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Diamond QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
New Hope QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Oak Grove2.0 miles22
New Hope3.4 miles22
Elon4.5 miles22
Nebo6.1 miles23
Lowe (historical)6.6 miles22
Incline7.0 miles23
Hobbs Island7.0 miles23
Owens Cross Roads7.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148851. 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.