Peacock, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brantley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36009. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bullock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Peacock within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Bullock quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Peacock (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 429 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
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
6 June 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
31 May 2008	Debris and open burning	55 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	OFF U.S. HWY 331, AL
23 May 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 May 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 May 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	12839 OPP HWY, AL
14 May 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	12839 OPP HWY SOUTH OF BRANTLEY, AL
14 May 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	N.GRAVEL, AL
13 May 1998	Debris and open burning	107 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Peacock (historical): 6 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bowers and Burkette Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cre 1 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
J S Layton Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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
Brantley	2.6 miles	7
Carmen	2.7 miles	8
Bullock	4.3 miles	7
Glenwood	5.1 miles	8
Weed Crossroad	5.5 miles	7
Theba	5.6 miles	7
New Hope	7.9 miles	7
Social Town	8.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 168336. 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.