Le Moyne, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36505. The Survey maps it on the Creola quadrangle. 976 people lived here at the last count. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Creola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
157 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Le Moyne between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,168 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 70 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/incendiarism | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140907-001 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150906-002 |
| 27 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140812-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Le Moyne: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axis Clay Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Axis Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Clay, Quartz |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salco | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Axis | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Barry Village | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Bucks | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hatters | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Creola | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Stage Coach Woods | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Chastang | 5.5 miles | 16 |
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 Le Moyne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3224841 | The 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 155967. 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.










