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Lugo, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. The Survey maps it on the Eufaula North quadrangle.

Lugo within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Lugo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2003Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 2000Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200602-2
31 May 2006Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1994Recreation and ceremony10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 May 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lugo: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eufaula MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lugo in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLugo-Several trees uprooted along Highway 82.

Every storm recorded in Barbour 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
Big Eddy (historical)4.4 miles8
Howe4.5 miles9
Knowlton (historical)4.6 miles7
Hawkinsville4.8 miles9
Fields (historical)5.0 miles8
Hoboken5.1 miles8
Tullis5.6 miles8
Batesville5.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122105. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.