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Rocky Mount, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Jemison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35085. The Survey maps it on the Jemison East quadrangle.

Rocky Mount within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

248 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Mount between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,184 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 57 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 burning109
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony25
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
7 September 1995Debris and open burning3.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Mount: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Jemison Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jemison QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Frye Shale PitClayProducer
Heatley ProspectIronOccurrence
JemisonClayProducer
Jenkins PitClayProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Wessington Shale ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Chilton 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
Union Grove2.0 miles15
Oak Grove2.2 miles15
Jemison2.7 miles15
Kalona2.9 miles15
Center Hill3.2 miles15
Wessington3.3 miles19
Ocampo3.7 miles19
Collins Chapel3.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156987. 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.