Tucker, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brilliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35594. It stands on Dogwood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winfield quadrangle.

Tucker within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Winfield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

120 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Tucker between 1994 and 2020, burning about 884 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 39 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	39
Debris and open burning	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Recreation and ceremony	16
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	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 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150909-001
6 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180904-3
24 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190924-17
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190920-9
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tucker: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beasley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Beasly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Glen Allen Materials, Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Glen Allen Materials,Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Patton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
New Hope	2.5 miles	11
Brookside	2.6 miles	12
Pull Tight	3.5 miles	11
Rock City	3.6 miles	11
Winfield	3.7 miles	11
Brilliant	3.8 miles	11
Glen Allen	4.2 miles	11
Gold Mine	5.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128101. 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.