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Kuderna Acres, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36832. The Survey maps it on the Loachapoka quadrangle.

Kuderna Acres within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Kuderna Acres between 1994 and 2019, burning about 940 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-3
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2011Natural147 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 17, AL
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kuderna Acres: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Auburn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crutchfield MineGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Duggar Farms0.4 miles13
Ridgewood Village1.2 miles13
Conner Estates1.6 miles13
Stonegate1.7 miles13
Beehive2.5 miles13
Willow Creek Farms2.6 miles13
Whipporwill Estates2.6 miles13
Sand Hill2.8 miles13

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 Q122591713The 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 138208. 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.