Stewart, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Stewart-Akron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35441. The Survey maps it on the Moundville West quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Moundville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Demopolis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Stewart between 1994 and 2018, burning about 372 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1679 CO RD 64, AL |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140927-001 |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140923-001 |
| 23 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170920-1 |
| 20 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Stewart: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cypress Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stewart in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stewart | - | Several trees uprooted along Highway 60. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akron | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Village | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cypress | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Powers | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Havana | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| New Prospect | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Evansville | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Darrah | 5.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Stewart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196622 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153571. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





