BlockOld Town, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Selmont-Tyler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36785. The Survey maps it on the Collirene quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Braggs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Collirene quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
51 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,088 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 66 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150809-001 |
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 Town: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S & G Strip Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124259. 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.