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Penootaw, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35042. It stands on Schultz Creek. The Survey maps it on the Centreville West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Penootaw within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

149 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Penootaw (historical) between 1994 and 2016, burning about 780 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 45 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 burning46
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Natural3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Penootaw (historical): 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coosa River Clay PitClayProducer
Herron-Pratt OccurenceBarium-Barite, CalciumProspectBarite, Calcite
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.8 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Weaver MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectBarite, Calcite, Fluorite
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
B A Coates ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
H H Coates ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Julia Wallace ProspBarium-BariteOccurrence
May Johnston ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Gary Springs2.8 miles11
East Town3.2 miles11
Centreville3.3 miles11
Choctaw Hills3.3 miles11
East Centreville3.3 miles11
River Bend (historical)3.4 miles19
West Centreville3.4 miles11
Pleasant Hill3.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151590. 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.