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West Point, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. It stands on Ricks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

West Point within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

215 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of West Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,665 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 71 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism71
Recreation and ceremony24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Other causes6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-20
18 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama 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 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of West Point: 21 past producers, 18 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 6 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Aluminum. 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
Dixie PitClayProducer
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
Nesbitt Lake Manganese ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1980
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer1850

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
Angel1.6 miles17
Pleasant Valley (historical)1.7 miles17
Tredegar2.0 miles17
Cedar Springs2.3 miles17
Germania Springs (historical)2.9 miles17
Sulphur Springs2.9 miles17
Prickettville3.1 miles17
Mack (historical)3.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 141077. 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.