Redtown, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Stockton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36502. The Survey maps it on the Blacksher quadrangle.

Redtown within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1942 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Blacksher quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2002 USGS Perdido quadrangle1:50000

Fires near this place

190 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Redtown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,082 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 85 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	85
Debris and open burning	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
4 September 2000	Natural	9.6 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2000	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1996	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 2000	Natural	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Redtown: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Freeman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Smith & Kelly Supply Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
South Alabama Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
United Materials Corp. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lottie	0.8 miles	11
Serange	5.5 miles	11
Blacksher	7.5 miles	11
Montgomery Hill	8.4 miles	12
Tensaw	8.9 miles	12
Perdido	9.0 miles	11
Rabun	9.1 miles	11
Little River	9.2 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125507. 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.