London, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Castleberry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36432. It stands on Geden Branch. The Survey maps it on the Castleberry quadrangle.

London within Conecuh County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Castleberry quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

256 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of London between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,601 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 54 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 burning	92
Arson/incendiarism	54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	48
Equipment and vehicle use	31
Recreation and ceremony	14
Natural	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	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
9 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2018	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180919-3
19 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conecuh County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of London: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Lanier Sand and Gravel Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Skinner Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Conecuh 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sand Cut	2.3 miles	7
Castleberry	3.5 miles	7
Janes Mill	3.7 miles	7
Lenox	5.8 miles	7
Old Sparta	7.0 miles	7
Range	7.9 miles	7
Nymph	8.3 miles	7
Jay Villa	8.9 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121975. 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.