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Styx River Estates, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bay Minette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36567. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elsanor quadrangle.

Styx River Estates within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

390 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of Styx River Estates between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,861 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 177 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/incendiarism177
Debris and open burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionWATER WORLD ROAD, AL
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionPETER MORRIS ROAD, AL
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism32 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-12
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150926-003
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Styx River Estates: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
Cooper Materials IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Styx River DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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
Rosinton5.4 miles16
Elsanor5.4 miles17
Gateswood6.8 miles20
Robertsdale7.9 miles16
Loxley8.5 miles18
Seminole9.8 miles16
Silverhill10.0 miles18
Ellisville10.6 miles18

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 Q122565347The 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 2579837. 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.