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Mossy Grove, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.

Mossy Grove within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Mossy Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
20 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-12
29 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 78 workings within 5 miles of Mossy Grove: 33 unknowns, 26 past producers, 12 occurrences, 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Pik 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Pik 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Pik 8 Clay ProspectClayProspect
J A Curtis ProspectIronProspect
J Bryce Smith ProspectIronProspect
Milton McKeller ProspectIronProspect
O L Bryan ProspectIronProspect
Pike County Brown Iron Ore DepositsIronPast Producer1940
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Country Club Estates1.4 miles8
Mossy Grove Village1.5 miles11
Mossy Grove Estates2.1 miles11
Dozier Estates2.2 miles8
Pine Forest Estates2.4 miles8
Highland Park2.4 miles8
Town and Country Estates2.6 miles8
Ridgewood2.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123123. 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.