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Lamison, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36728. It stands on Graham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kimbrough quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Lamison within Wilcox County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

91 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Lamison between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Natural1
Other causes1
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 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200927-1
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-7
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20170823-1
16 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilcox 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 Lamison: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bloating Material. 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
Agee PropertyBloating MaterialOccurrence1972
Taylor PropertyBloating MaterialOccurrence1972

Every working recorded in Wilcox 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
Flatwood3.0 miles9
Arlington4.6 miles9
Anne Manie4.7 miles9
Bethel5.0 miles9
Boiling Springs5.3 miles9
Kimbrough6.1 miles9
Catherine6.8 miles9
Prairie7.1 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on LamisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6482017The 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 121360. 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.