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Kingston, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Renfroe-Laniers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35014. It lies near Dark Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Winterboro quadrangle.

Kingston within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

468 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 468 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8,177 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 161 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 burning184
Arson/incendiarism161
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Recreation and ceremony38
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-17
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 8 past producers, 7 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone, Aluminum. 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
Talladega ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Alpine MillTalc-SoapstonePlant
Northern DepositTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
Robinson ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Southern Deposit of Winterboro MineTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
W W Holmes Prospect ATalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
W W Holmes Prospect BTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Alpine Mountain ProspectIronUnknown
Carlton Limonite BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cook BedsIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Plantersville0.3 miles22
Reubenville0.4 miles22
Nottingham0.6 miles22
Reynolds Mill1.2 miles22
Alpine1.3 miles22
Ledbetter1.3 miles21
Winterboro3.6 miles22
Feddisburg3.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144873. 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.