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Magazine, Alabama

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36610. It stands on Chickasaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mobile quadrangle.

Magazine within Mobile County

On record in Magazine

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Magazine between 1994 and 2017, burning about 280 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 16/CR 64, AL
8 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commission720 KENTUCKY RD, AL
19 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20120412-001
11 April 2006Arson/incendiarism32 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Magazine: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Perlite, Titanium. 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
Kerr-Mcgee Mobile FacilityTitaniumPlant
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Mobile Aluminum Refining PlantAluminumPlant
Mobile PlantPerliteProducer
Mobile DredgeCalciumProducer
Oyster Shell Products/Canal PlantCalciumProducer
Laidlaw Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mobile MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pierre DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magazine in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flash flood. 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 2020Flash FloodMagazine$25,000Heavy rain caused a water rescue on Mt. Calvary Avenue between Taylor Street and Saxon Street due to the vehicle being trapped in flood waters.

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
Plateau0.6 miles34
Sibert0.8 miles34
Prichard1.4 miles34
Summerville1.5 miles34
Toulminville2.3 miles34
Chickasaw2.3 miles30
Neely2.5 miles34
Allenville2.6 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122199. 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.