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Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, United States


Alternative Names:DCU, Decatur, Dekejter, Dekejtur, decatur, dekatara, di kai te, dikeiteo, diketa, diketara, dykatwr, dykytr alabama, Декейтер, Декејтур, ديكاتور, دیکیتر، آلاباما, دیکەیتەر، ئەلاباما, ڈیکیٹر، الاباما, डिकेटर, डेकाटर, ディケーター, 迪凯特, 디케이터
Type:Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:Morgan County, Alabama, USA
Region:Morgan County, Alabama, United States
Latitude:34° 36' 21" N
Longitude:86° 59' 0" W
Lat/Long (dec):34.60593,-86.98334
Köppen climate type:Cfa : Humid subtropical climate
Elevation:171m
Population:55,437 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:4058553
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:4058553:4
GUID:3c5b0362-ae69-421a-9e16-a5a077208359
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Plant 1 Pit (Plant No. 1), Morgan County, Alabama, USA34° 37' 19" N87° 2' 40" W5.9km (3.7 miles)
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 43, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 39' 59" N87° 3' 16" W9.4km (5.8 miles)
Plant 4 Pit (Plant No. 4), Morgan County, Alabama, USA34° 31' 8" N86° 53' 54" W12.4km (7.7 miles)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10160627), Franklin County, Alabama, USA34° 34' 47" N87° 7' 5" W12.7km (7.9 miles)
Athens meteorite, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 45' 0" N87° 0' 0" W16.1km (10.0 miles)
Ider meteorite, De Kalb County, Alabama, USA34° 31' 59" N87° 9' 0" W17.3km (10.7 miles)
Gilbert Mine, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 47' 59" N86° 58' 0" W21.6km (13.4 miles)
Vulcan Materials Company Quarry, Madison County, Alabama, USA34° 49' 57" N86° 49' 47" W28.8km (17.9 miles)
Lacon Quarry No. 2, Morgan County, Alabama, USA34° 20' 31" N86° 54' 2" W30.3km (18.8 miles)
Moulton Quarry, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA34° 28' 51" N87° 17' 30" W31.5km (19.6 miles)
Redstone Arsenal, Madison County, Alabama, USA34° 41' 42" N86° 39' 3" W32.0km (19.9 miles)
Plant No. 5 Pit (Plant No. 5), Morgan County, Alabama, USA34° 25' 5" N86° 41' 30" W33.9km (21.1 miles)
South Parway Quarry No. 1 (Number 111 Mine), Madison County, Alabama, USA34° 37' 28" N86° 36' 14" W34.8km (21.6 miles)
Gilbert No. 2 Quarry, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 55' 59" N87° 3' 20" W37.0km (23.0 miles)
General Shale Products Company Pit, Madison County, Alabama, USA34° 35' 3" N86° 34' 21" W37.7km (23.4 miles)
Huntsville North Quarry (Huntsville North Mine), Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA34° 47' 7" N86° 37' 53" W37.9km (23.5 miles)
Wheeler Lake Mine (Clay Pit No. 1 & Plant No. 18), Madison County, Alabama, USA34° 38' 54" N86° 33' 55" W38.5km (24.0 miles)
Hyde Mountain, Franklin County, Alabama, USA34° 33' 29" N87° 24' 18" W39.0km (24.2 miles)
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 44, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 57' 23" N87° 1' 40" W39.2km (24.3 miles)
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 45, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 58' 5" N87° 2' 39" W40.7km (25.3 miles)
Gilbert No. 1 Quarry, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 58' 30" N87° 2' 30" W41.4km (25.7 miles)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10160373), Colbert County, Alabama, USA34° 36' 54" N87° 26' 51" W42.5km (26.4 miles)
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No. 46, Elk River Area, Limestone County, Alabama, USA34° 59' 4" N87° 5' 34" W43.3km (26.9 miles)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10281781), Franklin County, Alabama, USA34° 33' 29" N87° 27' 54" W44.4km (27.6 miles)
Ardmore Quarry, Giles County, Tennessee, USA35° 0' 29" N86° 53' 16" W45.6km (28.3 miles)
Prospect Number 2353 (Smith Pit), Giles County, Tennessee, USA35° 1' 17" N87° 4' 55" W47.1km (29.2 miles)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10209180), Franklin County, Alabama, USA34° 33' 36" N87° 29' 42" W47.1km (29.3 miles)
General Shale Pits (General Shale Products Company Pit), Marshall County, Alabama, USA34° 25' 54" N86° 30' 51" W47.2km (29.3 miles)
Tuscumbia Quarry (MRDS - 10209128), Colbert County, Alabama, USA34° 41' 16" N87° 29' 35" W47.5km (29.5 miles)
Giles County Mine (Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Company; Prospect No. 2550; Moore Pit), Giles County, Tennessee, USA35° 1' 47" N87° 3' 18" W47.6km (29.6 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Shawnee Domain, North America PlateDomain
USACountry
Alabama, USAState
Morgan County, Alabama, USACounty
Southeastern United States, USAArea
 
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