Union, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walker Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36451. The Survey maps it on the Grove Hill quadrangle.

Union within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Grove Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

113 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1994 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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	37
Equipment and vehicle use	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Arson/incendiarism	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
4 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160930-15
30 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1996	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Union: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 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
02	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Finch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jackson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Parker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Paul Thomas Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pit Number 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Quartz
Whatley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke 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
Whatley	4.5 miles	7
Toddtown	4.9 miles	8
Grove Hill	5.5 miles	8
Suggsville	5.6 miles	7
Asbury	5.9 miles	7
McVay	6.0 miles	8
Walker Springs	6.1 miles	8
Zimco	7.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 133777. 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.