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Saint Clair, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lowndesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36752. The Survey maps it on the Lowndesboro quadrangle.

Saint Clair within Lowndes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Saint Clair between 1994 and 2019, burning about 310 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-9
28 August 2000Natural5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2000Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160727-2
22 July 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lowndes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Clair: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lowndes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White Hall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
White Hall QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Lowndes 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
Robinsons3.1 miles13
Lowndesboro3.3 miles13
Burkville4.2 miles13
White Hall5.1 miles12
Manack5.6 miles13
Trickem7.7 miles12
Edsons8.4 miles12
Hicks Hill9.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126086. 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.