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Truett, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36276. The Survey maps it on the Wadley South quadrangle.

Truett within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

84 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Truett between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,079 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2019Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190822-1
22 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution21 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140822-001
19 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160704-10
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2005Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Truett: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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
Number Two ProspectArsenic, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Daviston3.9 miles11
Frog Eye4.4 miles11
Emuckfaw (historical)4.8 miles11
Simpson6.9 miles11
Denver7.1 miles10
Everglade7.5 miles11
Zana7.9 miles11
Zana (historical)8.2 miles11

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 Q122549051The 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 157173. 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.