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Lato, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonton-Seale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36875. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mitchell quadrangle.

Lato within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

278 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Lato between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,494 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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 burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Recreation and ceremony32
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
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
9 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-3
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-9
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-39
26 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell 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 Lato: 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
Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell 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
Nuckols2.7 miles20
Seale4.0 miles20
Fort Mitchell4.4 miles20
Villula5.2 miles20
Dudleys5.3 miles20
Parkmanville5.8 miles20
Flournoys5.9 miles20
Oswichee6.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156584. 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.