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Spencer, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35034. The Survey maps it on the Centreville West quadrangle.

Spencer within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

148 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Spencer between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,988 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Fireworks1

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 2002Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionRABBIT ROAD-BRENT, AL
20 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined413 acresNational Forests in AlabamaOK 745
16 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Ingate2.3 miles11
Duff Settlement2.4 miles11
Eoline3.5 miles11
Goodson3.6 miles11
Choctaw Hills3.6 miles11
Jamesville3.6 miles11
Pleasant Hill3.9 miles11
Brent4.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1959580. 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.