BlockBefore

Weston, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35570. It stands on Gann Branch. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

Weston within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

252 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Weston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,368 acres in total. 2 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 burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
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 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-2
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion 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 Weston: 4 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
Glen Allen Materials, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Pleasant Ridge2.3 miles10
Hamilton2.6 miles10
Barnesville2.8 miles9
Fulton Bridge5.0 miles8
Bexar6.5 miles8
Byrd7.7 miles10
Shottsville8.6 miles8
Pikeville9.4 miles10

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 Q31583996The 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 157243. 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.