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Red Eagle, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton West quadrangle.

Red Eagle within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

245 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Red Eagle between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,625 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 101 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/incendiarism101
Debris and open burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony23
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1994Debris and open burning1.5 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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Red Eagle: 12 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Clay, Calcium. 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
Julia Wallace ProspBarium-BariteOccurrence
BushIronUnknown
Dago HollowIronUnknown
GreeleyIronUnknown
ShamblinIronUnknown
StandifordIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Lucille0.9 miles18
Fikestown (historical)1.0 miles18
Braehead (historical)1.1 miles18
Primitive Ridge1.1 miles18
Richtown2.0 miles18
New Hargrove (historical)2.0 miles19
Bucktown (historical)2.1 miles19
Lowerytown2.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156948. 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.