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Stewart Settlement, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pearson quadrangle.

Stewart Settlement within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

135 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Stewart Settlement between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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
Arson/incendiarism55
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionEOLINE, AL
3 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 82 CENTREVILLE, AL
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY RD 30-VERNONTOWN, AL
27 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-9
23 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Stewart Settlement: 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
Hogan and Lewis Manganese ProspectIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 1ManganeseOccurrence
Hogan B Lewis Prospect No. 3ManganeseOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Vance Red Ore MinesIronPast Producer1900, 1972

Every working 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
Harmon3.1 miles20
McCulley Creek3.1 miles18
Vernontown3.2 miles18
Johnstown3.3 miles18
Belchers3.3 miles18
Moffat3.8 miles18
Scottsville3.8 miles18
Little Hope4.8 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122593437The 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 1959629. 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.