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Pruitton, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35634. It stands on Little Butler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pruitton quadrangle.

Pruitton within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

211 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Pruitton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,161 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 113 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
Arson/incendiarism113
Debris and open burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of ForestryMILES SLEDGE FIRE
23 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission8756 COUNTY RD 61, AL
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Pruitton: 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Dimension, Manganese. 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
Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Wape-Reynolds ProspectManganeseProspect
Lull MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
McKinney MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
Pruitt MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Van Leer MineFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Allen ProspectIronProspect
Berlin ProspectIronProspect
Bromly MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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
Hines2.8 miles17
Webster (historical)3.5 miles17
Mecca (historical)3.5 miles17
Zip City4.0 miles17
Blackburn4.5 miles17
Keys Chapel (historical)4.7 miles17
Green Hill5.3 miles17
Arnot (historical)5.3 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122546673The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156940. 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.