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Knoxwood, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Demopolis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36732. It stands on French Creek. The Survey maps it on the Demopolis quadrangle.

Knoxwood within Marengo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Knoxwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 284 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-004
18 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2006Natural15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marengo County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Knoxwood: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Demopolis Quarry & Cement PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Tate QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Tolar QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marengo 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
Spocari1.1 miles12
Alfalfa1.6 miles12
Baptist Hill2.0 miles12
Demopolis2.3 miles12
Rockcut2.5 miles12
Shortleaf3.3 miles12
Old Spring Hill5.3 miles10
Salt Well8.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137617. 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.