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Jon, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35010. The Survey maps it on the Kellyton quadrangle.

Jon within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Jon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 burning38
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Other causes1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-8
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-9
9 August 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Other causes1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Jon: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Clay, 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
Alexander City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coo 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Rockford AreaFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.4 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Ray0.6 miles14
Fishpond1.8 miles14
Keyno5.1 miles14
Cottage Grove5.5 miles14
Kellyton5.9 miles14
Nixburg6.2 miles14
Hissop6.5 miles14
Crewsville6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135709. 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.