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Johnstown, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton West quadrangle.

Johnstown within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

166 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Johnstown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,761 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony23
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY RD 30-VERNONTOWN, AL
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-9
23 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Johnstown: 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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
Big Sandy AreaIron, Calcium, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1900, 1903
Hogan and Lewis Manganese ProspectIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 1ManganeseOccurrence
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 3ManganeseOccurrence
Big Sandy No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Bucksville Area ProspectIronOccurrence
Gulf States Paper Corp ProspectIronOccurrence
No NameIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Belchers0.7 miles18
McCulley Creek2.4 miles18
Banks3.0 miles19
Stewart Settlement3.3 miles20
Lowerytown3.6 miles18
Shawtown3.9 miles19
Braehead (historical)4.2 miles18
Fikestown (historical)4.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959614. 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.