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Slaughters, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Camp Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36850. The Survey maps it on the Camp Hill quadrangle.

Slaughters within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

122 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Slaughters between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,021 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 50, AL
30 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-12
30 September 2016Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-2
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Slaughters: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Collum DepositMicaProspect
Collum MineMicaPast Producer
Collum-Taylor MineMicaPast Producer
Dock Heard MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Camp Hill2.0 miles11
Pine Grove4.2 miles11
Dadeville4.8 miles12
Pinnell4.9 miles11
Mary4.9 miles11
Spinks5.2 miles12
Agricola5.3 miles11
North Dadeville5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157073. 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.