BlockSwagg, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36278. The Survey maps it on the Ofelia quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Ofelia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Swagg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 677 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-12 |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190821-1 |
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190802-4 |
| 2 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Swagg: 15 past producers, 13 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Sulfides. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.S. Bradley Prospect | Gold, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold, Pyrite | |
| H S Bradley Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chas Boyd Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Douglas Smith Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Great Southern Mica Company Mine #1 | Mica | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milner | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cavers Grove | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Foster Crossroad | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rockdale | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fuller Crossroad | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ava | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Union | 4.4 miles | 12 |
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 Swagg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23074308 | 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 157132. 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.