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Overlook, 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. The Survey maps it on the Prattville quadrangle.

Overlook 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Overlook between 1994 and 2018, burning about 680 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130929-001
23 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.5 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Overlook: 10 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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 - Maxwell PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerQuartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hunter Station Pit / Dixie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Millbrook Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Alabama PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Alabama QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Russell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Russell QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerQuartz

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
Dosterville1.2 miles18
Woodland Heights1.2 miles18
Prattmont1.4 miles18
Onoqua (historical)1.5 miles18
Willowbrook1.8 miles18
Smithboro (historical)2.0 miles18
Prattville2.0 miles18
King Arthur Manor2.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147608. 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.