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Wyatt, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Quinton-Wegra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35130. It stands on West Fork Burnt Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dora quadrangle.

Wyatt within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

325 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Wyatt between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,917 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 151 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/incendiarism151
Debris and open burning115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony15
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-12
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism21 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wyatt: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Waste Pond - Bessie MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite
Waste Pond - Flat Top MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite

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
Yerkwood0.8 miles24
Burnwell0.8 miles24
Oakahalla1.1 miles24
Doliska1.5 miles24
Bryan1.6 miles24
Quinton2.0 miles24
Dora2.1 miles24
Red Star2.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157283. 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.