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Sigsbee, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Payne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35967. The Survey maps it on the Little River quadrangle.

Sigsbee within DeKalb 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

141 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Sigsbee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,900 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Smoking1
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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-10
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-14
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160904-1
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20140924-001
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sigsbee: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Little River AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Lickskillet0.8 miles19
Dogtown1.6 miles19
Tucker (historical)2.3 miles19
Loveless3.2 miles22
Powell4.3 miles19
Collbran4.3 miles21
Pine Grove (historical)4.4 miles22
Adamsburg4.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157058. 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.