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Union, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36280. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.

Union within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

144 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1994 and 2020, burning about 908 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 burning73
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning2.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-2
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-4
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-30
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-3
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1994Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Union: 18 past producers, 10 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Sulfur, Copper. 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
Stone Hill MineSulfur, CopperPast Producer1874
Pine Tuckey Gold MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Arthemus Morrison MineMicaPast Producer
Chas Boyd MineMicaPast Producer
Great Souathern No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern Mica Company Mine #1MicaPast Producer
Great Southern Mica Company Mine #2MicaPast Producer
Great Southern MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern No 4 MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Morrison Crossroad0.6 miles12
Cavers Grove1.9 miles12
Jordan Chapel2.6 miles12
Cambridge2.8 miles12
Rockdale3.0 miles12
Newell3.0 miles12
Milner3.2 miles13
Smyrna3.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135825. 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.