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Wagar, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wagarville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36585. It stands on Armstrong Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prestwick quadrangle.

Wagar within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Wagar between 1994 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
26 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-3
21 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-22
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGRAVEL PIT RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wagar: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wagerville QuarrySilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Garris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Number 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Cortelyou1.5 miles14
Prestwick1.6 miles11
Wagarville1.9 miles14
Bassetts Creek2.6 miles14
Carson3.5 miles11
Sunflower4.2 miles14
Leroy4.4 miles8
New Wakefield6.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153859. 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.