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Pea Ridge, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brewton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36426. The Survey maps it on the Brewton South quadrangle.

Pea Ridge within Escambia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

173 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Pea Ridge between 1994 and 2019, burning about 972 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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 burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism31
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-17
29 September 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionWELKA ROAD, AL
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-14
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pea Ridge: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
Brewton Mine and PlantClayProducer
East Brewton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Escambia 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
Brewton1.5 miles9
East Brewton2.4 miles9
Spring Hill3.4 miles9
Keego4.1 miles9
Riverview4.3 miles9
Rock Hill5.2 miles7
Kirkland6.1 miles9
Hammac6.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124519. 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.