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Tacon, Alabama

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36606. The Survey maps it on the Mobile quadrangle.

Tacon within Mobile County

On record in Tacon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 14 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Tacon between 1994 and 2017, burning about 546 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 16/CR 64, AL
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
30 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140527-003
21 May 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130427-001
27 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commission720 KENTUCKY RD, AL
21 April 2009Debris and open burning250 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGIRBY ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tacon: 7 producers, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Perlite, Titanium. 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
Kerr-Mcgee Mobile FacilityTitaniumPlant
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mobile Aluminum Refining PlantAluminumPlant
Mobile PlantPerliteProducer
Mobile DredgeCalciumProducer
Oyster Shell Products/Canal PlantCalciumProducer
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Laidlaw Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mobile MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Crichton1.3 miles34
Brookwood1.4 miles34
Bridlewood1.7 miles34
Allenville1.7 miles34
Mertz1.9 miles34
Spring Hill2.0 miles32
Pine Grove2.2 miles32
Toulminville2.3 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127631. 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.