Spio, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36317. The Survey maps it on the Texasville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spio within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Texasville quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Clopton quadrangle1:50000

Fires near this place

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Spio (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 914 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning	11
Arson/incendiarism	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160905-2
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2019	Debris and open burning	101 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190921-5
20 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 July 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Spio (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Water, Free, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hartzog 1	Aluminum, Water, Free	Past Producer	Surface
Unnamed Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
A P Green Mine & Eufaula Mill	Clay	Producer
Barbour County Mines	Clay	Past Producer
Eufaula Mill	Aluminum	Past Producer
Mccraney Pit	Aluminum	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Barbour 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Black Gum Corners (historical)	1.0 miles	8
Texasville	1.3 miles	8
Edgefield	3.1 miles	8
Tew	3.9 miles	8
Blue Springs	4.9 miles	8
Lindsey	4.9 miles	7
Oateston	5.3 miles	7
Tyler Crossroads	5.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 134826. 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.