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Onoqua, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Prattville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36066. It stands on Dunn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Prattville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Onoqua within Autauga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

159 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Onoqua (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 771 acres in total. 1 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-13
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Onoqua (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Millbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Millbrook Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shearwater DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Autauga 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
Woodland Heights0.3 miles18
Prattmont0.9 miles18
Smithboro (historical)1.0 miles18
Prattville1.2 miles18
Overlook1.5 miles18
Willowbrook1.5 miles18
Dosterville2.1 miles18
Live Oaks2.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2575703. 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.