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Ocampo, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jemison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35040. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montevallo quadrangle.

Ocampo within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

218 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Ocampo between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,796 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 68 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 burning92
Arson/incendiarism68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony15
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
7 September 1995Debris and open burning3.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140927-001
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-21

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ocampo: 6 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Martin Marietta Cement PlantStonePlant
Montevallo MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Roberta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calera PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Jemison Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jemison QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Heatley ProspectIronOccurrence
Nelson Iron ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Minooka1.2 miles19
Wessington2.1 miles19
Oak Grove2.8 miles15
Kalona3.5 miles15
Rocky Mount3.7 miles15
Center Hill4.1 miles15
Jemison5.0 miles15
Union Grove5.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124176. 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.