McGrawtown, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. It stands on Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1934 USGS Blocton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Blocton quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Blocton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS West Blocton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
258 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of McGrawtown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,629 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 88 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200906-2 |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of McGrawtown: 13 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bush | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Dago Hollow | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Greeley | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Shamblin | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Standiford | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Townsend | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Blocton | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Burmah (historical) | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Richtown | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bucktown (historical) | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Corinne (historical) | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Smith Hill | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Blocton (historical) | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lowerytown | 1.4 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122567029 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959616. 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.








