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Keego, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brewton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Pollard quadrangle.

Keego within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

184 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Keego between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,614 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural5
Smoking2

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
29 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission82 MATTHEW LANE, AL
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionWELKA ROAD, AL
20 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-004
18 September 1997Arson/incendiarism38 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Keego: 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Brewton Mine and PlantClayProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Jay MineSandUnknown
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducerQuartz
East Brewton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Escambia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Escambia PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keego in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Thunderstorm WindKeego1 hurt, $20,000A McCall area woman was injured and trapped in her residence when strong winds sent a large oak tree crashing through her home at 141 Brantley Lane. The McCall Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the residence of Wanda Straiton at 618 PM CDT. While enroute to the scene, the fire department had to clear several trees blocking Jernigan Road, restricting access to Brantley Lane. Mrs. Straiton was treated for her injuries and released at a local area hospital that evening.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKeego-High winds downed trees and power lines.
October 2021Flash FloodKeego-Foshee Road just west of Brewton has multiple spots that are impassable due to flooding.
April 2016Flash FloodKeego-Heavy rains caused water to flow over North Forrest Hill Drive at Hines Lake.

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Pollard3.4 miles9
Riverview3.6 miles9
East Brewton4.1 miles9
Pea Ridge4.1 miles9
Brewton4.2 miles9
Welka5.1 miles9
Osaka5.1 miles9
Spring Hill5.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121094. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.