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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Robertsdale quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Robertsdale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Robertsdale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Elsanor quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
390 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 177 |
| Debris and open burning | 131 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | WATER WORLD ROAD, AL |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | PETER MORRIS ROAD, AL |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-12 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20150926-003 |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Silica | Producer | Quartz | |
| Cooper Materials Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Styx River Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosinton | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Elsanor | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Gateswood | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Robertsdale | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Loxley | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Seminole | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Silverhill | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Ellisville | 10.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q122565347 | 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 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.







