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Wildwood, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Folsom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36278. The Survey maps it on the Micaville quadrangle.

Wildwood within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

162 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,162 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 37 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 burning70
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2010Debris and open burning21 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-25
22 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-5
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-18
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 42 past producers, 35 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Iron, Manganese. 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
Ironaton Brown Ore MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1944
Ran 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect
Miller ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Miller ProspectGoldProspect
Pine Tuckey Gold MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast Producer
Alexandria MineMicaPast Producer
Arnold ProspectMicaProspect
Arnott MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Corinth1.0 miles13
Folsom1.7 miles13
Foster Crossroad1.9 miles13
Center West2.8 miles14
Pine Tuckey3.0 miles13
Milner3.4 miles13
Cedron3.6 miles13
Fuller Crossroad4.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157259. 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.