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Richtown, 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. It stands on Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton West quadrangle.

Richtown 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

272 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Richtown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,683 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 97 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 burning107
Arson/incendiarism97
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
8 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama 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 Richtown: 12 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Woodstock QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
BushIronUnknown
Dago HollowIronUnknown
GreeleyIronUnknown
ShamblinIronUnknown
StandifordIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
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
West Blocton0.6 miles20
McGrawtown0.7 miles18
Lowerytown0.9 miles18
Primitive Ridge1.0 miles18
Bucktown (historical)1.3 miles19
Burmah (historical)1.3 miles19
Corinne (historical)1.4 miles19
Blocton (historical)1.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959622. 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.