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Vigo, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle.

Vigo within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Vigo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,131 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 106 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/incendiarism106
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #5
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #4
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #3
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #2
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #1
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism36 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOFF HWY 278, AL
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Vigo: 15 unknowns, 9 prospects, 8 past producers, 7 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Cobalt, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. 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
Howell ProspectAluminumProspect
Hughes DepositsManganese, CobaltPast ProducerWad
R. Stockdale PropertyCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer
Stewart MineClayProducer
Stock PropertyManganese, StoneProspect1949
Cowan ProspectManganese, IronProspect1949
Hughes ProspectManganese, IronProspect1953
Toll Property,Goshen ValleyCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Davis PropertyManganeseOccurrence1949

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Greenwood0.9 miles17
Dailey (historical)1.0 miles17
Philadelphia1.7 miles17
Ladiga2.5 miles17
Piedmont2.9 miles17
Old Goshen Center (historical)2.9 miles17
Goshen (historical)4.2 miles17
Burns6.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160787. 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.