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Rhump, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Andalusia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36474. It stands on Rita Branch. The Survey maps it on the Red Level quadrangle.

Rhump within Covington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Rhump between 1994 and 2020, burning about 613 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking1
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
8 September 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-29
29 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-2
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-3
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-14
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-15
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Covington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Rhump: 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silica, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
River Falls Sand ProspectSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Covington 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
Red Level1.5 miles8
River Falls3.9 miles8
Loango5.5 miles8
Gantt5.6 miles8
Montezuma (historical)6.0 miles8
Valley of Shiloh6.7 miles8
Heath6.7 miles8
Dunns6.8 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.

Wikidata item Q122570086The 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 133437. 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.