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New Convert, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Maplesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36750. It stands on Gin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maplesville East quadrangle.

New Convert within Chilton County

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

112 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of New Convert between 1994 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism20
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-8
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190911-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Convert: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Aluminum, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pierce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
EufaulaAluminumUnknownResidual
EufaulaAluminumPast ProducerGibbsite
Honeycutt's Mill PlacerGoldPast Producer
Mulberry Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Mulberry Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chilton 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
Isabella2.7 miles15
Maplesville2.8 miles15
Campbell5.0 miles15
Adams5.5 miles16
Hubbard5.6 miles15
Stanton6.7 miles17
Fairview6.9 miles14
Pleasant Grove7.4 miles15

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 Q122590262The 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 156779. 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.