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Rembert, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36748. The Survey maps it on the Miller quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.

Rembert within Marengo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Rembert between 1994 and 2016, burning about 485 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
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
8 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission16467 HWY 43, AL
23 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20120703-001
12 July 2009Natural11 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 43 S., AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marengo 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
Half Acre2.8 miles9
Hill Top3.3 miles9
Calvary4.1 miles9
Myrtlewood4.8 miles9
Campground4.9 miles9
Blue Lock (historical)5.0 miles9
Beckleys (historical)5.4 miles9
Octagon6.1 miles9

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 RembertAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7311557The 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 156954. 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.