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Knowlton, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36016. It stands on Dowdy Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Oak quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Knowlton within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Knowlton (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-5
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-7
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-10
27 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use13 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-11
17 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140911-002
26 August 2000Natural18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Knowlton (historical): 7 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
McKenzie No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Barbour 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
Osco2.8 miles8
Fields (historical)3.5 miles8
White Oak4.0 miles7
Tullis4.4 miles8
Lugo4.6 miles8
Cotton Hill5.3 miles7
Hoboken6.1 miles8
Gaino6.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805332. 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.