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Range, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Repton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36475. The Survey maps it on the Range quadrangle. It stands 266 feet above sea level.

Range within Conecuh 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.

Fires near this place

161 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Range between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,410 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-21
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-12
4 September 1994Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conecuh County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Range: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
Flomaton PlantSulfurUnknown
Bragan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Lenox PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monroe Concrete PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Conecuh County

Storms near this place

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Range in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2008: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Thunderstorm WindRange$12,000no account filed
August 1999HailRange-Dime size hail was reported near Range.

Every storm recorded in Conecuh 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
Lenox3.1 miles7
Janes Mill5.0 miles7
Sand Cut6.1 miles7
Repton6.7 miles8
London7.9 miles7
Belleville10.5 miles7
Castleberry11.3 miles7
Bermuda12.3 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on RangeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7292657The 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 125435. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.