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Trapptown, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Phil Campbell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35581. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kinlock Spring quadrangle.

Trapptown within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Trapptown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,144 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2001Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-7
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use460 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHERRY HILL
2 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Trapptown: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Trapptown Number 1Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Russellville QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Russellville Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Carroll Crossroads1.9 miles12
Union2.4 miles14
Churntown3.3 miles14
Oak Grove3.5 miles14
Orange3.6 miles12
Posey Mill3.8 miles12
Phil Campbell4.9 miles14
Smith (historical)5.3 miles14

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 Q122550792The 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 161792. 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.