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Sandy Point, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It stands on South Chipola Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baker Hill quadrangle.

Sandy Point within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Point between 1994 and 2019, burning about 962 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-10
29 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-15
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-12
27 August 2011Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission318 SUMMERHILL ROAD, AL
25 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1058 COTTONHILL ROAD, AL
21 August 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 166 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 166 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Point: 78 occurrences, 64 past producers, 12 unknowns, 10 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Water, Free, Kaolin. 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
Dixon MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Eufaula Bauxite DistrictKaolin, AluminumProducer1922, 1923
Baker 1Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Barbour Operations MineAluminum, Water, FreeProducerSurface
Dixon 2Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Dixon 3Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
EubanksAluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
LynnAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1942
WhiteheadAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1942
Wilson 6Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Barbour 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
Baker Hill1.9 miles7
Cotton Hill3.0 miles7
Pleasant Hill3.8 miles8
Richards Crossroads3.8 miles8
Gaino5.2 miles7
Terese5.7 miles8
Oateston5.9 miles7
Osco6.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157014. 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.