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Wallsboro, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wetumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36092. It stands on Taylor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wetumpka quadrangle.

Wallsboro within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

213 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Wallsboro between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,012 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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 burning88
Recreation and ceremony30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-15
17 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wallsboro: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Flatwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Nichols/PoundstoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Cherokee Estates1.5 miles18
Tarwater2.0 miles18
Quail Run2.0 miles18
Wetumpka3.0 miles18
Saint Clair3.8 miles18
Blueberry Hill4.3 miles18
Dexter4.8 miles16
Harrogate Springs5.1 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122572499The 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 128546. 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.