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McGinty, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36854. The Survey maps it on the Lanett South quadrangle.

McGinty within Chambers County

On record in McGinty

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

7 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of McGinty between 1992 and 2019, burning about 997 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 31 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 burning50
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-HARRIS-006
2 September 2014Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HARRIS-002
16 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2016Natural6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HARRIS-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chambers County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of McGinty: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Feldspar. 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
Cha 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Lee 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect

Every working 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
River View0.9 miles15
Osanippa1.1 miles15
Glass1.3 miles15
Fairfax2.1 miles15
Langdale3.2 miles15
Valley3.2 miles15
Eady City3.7 miles15
Shawmut4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122551. 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.