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Seymour, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Piper-Coleanor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35035. It stands on Daley Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton East quadrangle.

Seymour within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

306 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Seymour between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,746 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 177 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
Arson/incendiarism177
Debris and open burning86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2003Arson/incendiarism24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-2
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning3.5 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Seymour: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Calcium. 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
Julian Fanciar MineBarium-Barite, CalciumProspectBarite, Calcite
J. Fancher FanciarBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Julian Fancher MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Maguire Shoals ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Bright HopeIronPast ProducerResidual
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
Coleanor1.4 miles19
Garnsey1.5 miles20
Cadle (historical)1.8 miles19
Belle Ellen1.8 miles19
Cane Creek (historical)1.8 miles20
Nash Town (historical)1.9 miles19
Piper1.9 miles19
Ardela (historical)2.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157042. 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.