Vidette, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36049. It stands on Patterson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle.

Vidette within Crenshaw 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
1968 USGS Glenwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Vidette between 1994 and 2020, burning about 401 acres in total. 1 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 burning	41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	8
Arson/incendiarism	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Natural	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
27 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Debris and open burning	1.8 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	2.2 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 2019	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190731-3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Vidette: 15 unknowns, 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
E W Williams Prospect	Iron	Prospect
E W Williams Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Felix Horn Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Horn Pit	Iron	Past Producer
Joe West Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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
Social Town	1.6 miles	8
Shirleys Crossroads	2.0 miles	8
Luverne	3.8 miles	7
Joquin	4.0 miles	7
Patsburg	4.1 miles	7
Glenwood	4.9 miles	8
Vernledge	5.8 miles	7
Live Oak	5.9 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157200. 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.