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Smyrna, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.

Smyrna within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Smyrna between 1994 and 2020, burning about 714 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
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 2016Debris and open burning2.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-2
8 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-4
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-30
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-3
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Smyrna: 17 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Copper, Sulfur, Copper. 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
Moss-Back MineCopper, GoldPast Producer1870
Stone Hill Cu Mine Et AlCopper, Iron, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Stone Hill MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1874
Smith ProspectSulfur, CopperOccurrence
Stone Hill MineSulfur, CopperPast Producer1874
Johnson ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Johnston ProspectCopperUnknown1874
Moss-Back MineGold, CopperPast Producer1890
Smith MineCopperPast Producer1854
Smith ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Newell1.8 miles12
Pine Hill2.0 miles12
Lofty2.5 miles12
Jordan Chapel2.8 miles12
Morrison Crossroad3.3 miles12
Butlers Mill3.4 miles12
Union3.4 miles12
Cedron3.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135819. 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.