BlockOld Bratt Road Estates, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Atmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Bratt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1941 USGS Century quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Century quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bratt quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Old Bratt Road Estates between 1992 and 2017, burning about 608 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 17-TOLER ROAD FIRE-1473 |
| 26 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | BRAZZELL HILL ROAD/ROBINSONVILLE ROAD, AL |
| 25 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | 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 Old Bratt Road Estates: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Sand and Gravel Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Estates | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Briar Lake Estates | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Malta | 1.8 miles | 9 | |
| Atmore | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Raley Forest Hill | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Canoe | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Robinsonville | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q122572953 | 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 133847. 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.