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Plainview, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ozark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. It stands on Klondike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pinckard quadrangle.

Plainview within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1994 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 231 S, AL
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140901-001
19 August 2007Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2009Smoking7.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 231, AL
9 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200608-2
8 June 2007Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2000Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale 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 Plainview: 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
Dal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Garner QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Newton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rosser Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dale 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
Waterford1.2 miles14
Newton2.3 miles14
Kelly3.7 miles13
Ewell4.3 miles13
Five Points4.6 miles13
Pinckard5.0 miles14
Allen Heights5.4 miles13
Pleasant Hill5.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124925. 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.