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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Pruitton quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Pruitton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
211 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 113 |
| Debris and open burning | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | MILES SLEDGE FIRE |
| 23 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 8756 COUNTY RD 61, AL |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Wape-Reynolds Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Lull Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| McKinney Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Pruitt Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Van Leer Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Berlin Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bromly Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hines | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Webster (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Mecca (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Zip City | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Blackburn | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Keys Chapel (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Green Hill | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Arnot (historical) | 5.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122546673 | The 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.








