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Red Rock, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35504. It stands on Ice Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cordova quadrangle.

Red Rock within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

164 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 60 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/incendiarism60
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning1.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-9
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-11
22 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red Rock: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. 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
Cordova Fire Clay DistrictFire Clay (Refractory), CoalProducerSEDIMENTARY

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Boldo1.3 miles19
Burrows Crossroads3.1 miles19
Union Chapel3.6 miles19
Gardiners Gin4.1 miles19
Chapel Hill4.2 miles19
Lynns Park4.4 miles19
Powellville4.5 miles20
Sunlight4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157388. 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.