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Veto, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35620. It stands on Cave Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elkmont quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Veto within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Veto between 1994 and 2017, burning about 377 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning23
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use18 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryBARNES FIRES
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2000Naturalunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Veto: 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Gilbert #1 QuarryPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1983
Giles County MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.44Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.45Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Prospect Number 2505Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Prospect Number 2505Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Prospect Number 2550Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone 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
Pettusville2.8 miles20
Woodfin Mill4.3 miles20
Locke Crossroads4.5 miles20
Morris Crossroads4.5 miles20
Elkmont4.6 miles20
Leggtown4.9 miles15
Gourdsville5.4 miles15
Holland Gin5.8 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on VetoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196649The 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 128443. 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.