Omega, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saco quadrangle.

Omega within Bullock 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Saco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

73 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Omega between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
6 September 2019	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190906-20
20 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190920-2
20 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2000	Natural	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2000	Natural	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180723-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bullock County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Omega: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Pik 5 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Bullock 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sellers Crossroads	2.0 miles	8
Postoak	2.5 miles	8
Inverness	3.4 miles	8
Jenkins Crossroads	3.5 miles	8
Blues Old Stand	3.7 miles	7
Beans Crossroads	4.0 miles	8
Perote	4.7 miles	7
Almeria	4.9 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124285. 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.