BlockMorgan Chapel, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36921. It stands on Pickett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Butler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Chapel between 1994 and 2019, burning about 920 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Morgan Chapel: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Zeolites. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahatta Claystone, West Butler | Fullers Earth, Zeolites | Prospect | BEDDED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Red Springs | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Green Acres | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Sterling | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ararat | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Land | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lusk | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Slater | 6.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122547981 | 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 140063. 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.