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Marcoot, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the La Fayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36862. It stands on Pigeonroost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.

Marcoot within Chambers County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Marcoot between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,049 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120926-003
21 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-8
18 September 2005Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120912-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Marcoot: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Milltown PlutonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerPlagioclase, Quartz

Every working recorded in Chambers County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcoot in 1 storm report in 2018: 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 2018Thunderstorm WindMarcoot-Multiple power lines downed across the county.

Every storm recorded in Chambers 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
Trammel Crossroads2.6 miles10
Foster Crossroads2.9 miles10
Rollins3.5 miles13
Union Hill3.6 miles11
Penton3.6 miles11
Chapel Hill3.9 miles13
Buffalo4.7 miles13
Tiller Crossroads4.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156657. 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.