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West Corona, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oakman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35546. It lies near Stanford Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oakman quadrangle.

West Corona within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

212 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of West Corona between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,525 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 119 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/incendiarism119
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Corona: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Berry Rock & Materials, Inc. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Lockhart (historical)0.9 miles17
Corona1.5 miles17
Pendley1.8 miles12
Patton2.4 miles17
Hayes Crossing3.2 miles17
Key Hill4.1 miles17
Stephenson Crossing4.4 miles17
Coal Valley4.8 miles17

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 Q122565773The 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 157237. 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.