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Moffat, 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 Stone Quarry Branch. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton West quadrangle.

Moffat within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

171 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Moffat between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,603 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 67 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
Arson/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY RD 30-VERNONTOWN, AL
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-9
23 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Moffat: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Clay. 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
Coosa River Clay PitClayProducer
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 1ManganeseOccurrence
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 3ManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Vernontown0.6 miles18
Scottsville1.6 miles18
McCulley Creek2.4 miles18
Braehead (historical)2.6 miles18
Fikestown (historical)2.8 miles18
Lucille3.1 miles18
Red Eagle3.5 miles18
Stewart Settlement3.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156724. 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.