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Kirewakra, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bayou La Batre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36582. The Survey maps it on the Coden quadrangle.

Kirewakra within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

420 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Kirewakra between 1994 and 2020, burning about 12,877 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 228 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/incendiarism228
Debris and open burning91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kirewakra: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Fowl River2.0 miles24
South Orchard2.6 miles24
Delchamps2.7 miles24
Dixon Corner3.7 miles24
Smithport3.7 miles25
Faustinas3.8 miles25
Mon Louis3.8 miles25
Nelson3.9 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544849The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143460. 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.