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Leggtown, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35647. It lies near Buzzard Roost Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle.

Leggtown within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Leggtown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 352 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
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
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryBARNES FIRES
9 August 2006Natural40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionMONDAY ROAD, AL
23 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Leggtown: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Gilbert #1 QuarryPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1983
Gilbert #2 QuarryPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1983
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.44Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.45Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.46Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Prospect Number 2353Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Prospect Number 2353Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone 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
Gourdsville2.7 miles15
Salem2.9 miles15
Spencer Store3.0 miles15
Clifton (historical)3.1 miles15
Scarce Grease3.7 miles14
Walnut Hill3.9 miles15
Mount Rozell4.2 miles14
Gipsy4.4 miles15

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 Q122565590The 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 156596. 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.