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Clay County, Alabama

73 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

2 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Alabama within the United States
Clay County within Alabama

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Ashland, in 1928.
  • 2 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 736 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 2 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings.
  • 2 of the 2 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 51 populated places in this county; 50 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

2

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Hugo Black Housebuilding197373000334
Clay County Courthousebuilding197676000316

The county from the air

45 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,110 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 45 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-12-07, scale 1:28600
1941-12-07, scale 1:28600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-12-07, scale 1:28600
1941-12-07, scale 1:28600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-12-07, scale 1:28600
1941-12-07, scale 1:28600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-12-07, scale 1:28600
1941-12-07, scale 1:28600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-11, scale 1:60000
1950-10-11, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-31, scale 1:57000
1951-03-31, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-31, scale 1:57000
1951-03-31, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-31, scale 1:57000
1951-03-31, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-31, scale 1:57000
1951-03-31, scale 1:57000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-01-30, scale 1:69000
1952-01-30, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-02-19, scale 1:27000
1966-02-19, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-23, scale 1:54000
1967-03-23, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-23, scale 1:54000
1967-03-23, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-23, scale 1:54000
1967-03-23, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-23, scale 1:54000
1967-03-23, scale 1:54000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:124686
1970-06-08, scale 1:124686. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:124686
1970-06-08, scale 1:124686. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:124686
1970-06-08, scale 1:124686. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-06-08, scale 1:123398
1970-06-08, scale 1:123398. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:117972
1971-02-14, scale 1:117972. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:120302
1971-02-14, scale 1:120302. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:120302
1971-02-14, scale 1:120302. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-14, scale 1:122232
1971-02-14, scale 1:122232. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:119819
1972-06-01, scale 1:119819. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:117409
1972-06-01, scale 1:117409. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:121141
1972-06-01, scale 1:121141. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-06-01, scale 1:120301
1972-06-01, scale 1:120301. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-02-01, scale 1:24000
1974-02-01, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-12-01, scale 1:78000
1975-12-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-12-01, scale 1:78000
1975-12-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-12-01, scale 1:78000
1975-12-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-12-01, scale 1:78000
1975-12-01, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-02, scale 1:30000
1980-02-02, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-02, scale 1:30000
1980-02-02, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-02, scale 1:30000
1980-02-02, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-02, scale 1:30000
1980-02-02, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

5 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

26 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 14-1Election Precinct 1, Delta: Election Precinct 1, Delta - That part east of State Highway 9
  • 14-2Election Precinct 1, Delta - That part west of State Highway 9
  • 14-3Election Precinct 2, Copper Mine
  • 14-4Election Precinct 3, Fox Creek: 9 Election Precinct 3, Fox Creek - That part east of State Highway 9
  • 14-5Election Precinct 3, Fox Creek - That part west of State Highway 9
  • 14-6Election Precinct 4, Wesobulga
  • 14-7Election Precinct 5, Coleta
  • 14-8Election Precinct 6, Ashland: Ashland town: Ashland town - That part north of E. 6th Avenue, W. 6th Avenue, and Talladega Road and Lineville Rd.
  • 14-9Ashland town - That part south of Talladega Road, W. 6th Avenue E. 6th Avenue, and Lineville Rd.
  • 14-10Election Precinct 6, Ashland - That part northwest of State Highway 9, outside Ashland town
  • 14-11Election Precinct 6, Ashland - That part southeast of State Highway 9, outside Ashland town
  • 14-12Election Precinct 7, Hollins
  • 14-13Election Precinct 8, Brownville
  • 14-14Election Precinct 9, Millerville: Election Precinct 9, Millerville - That part southeast of State Highway 9
  • 14-15Election Precinct 9, Millerville - That part northwest of State Highway 9
  • 14-16Election Precinct 10, Wicker: Election Precinct 10, Wicker - That part northwest of Shultz Creek and west of Street Creek
  • 14-17Election Precinct 10, Wicker - That part east of Street Creek and southeast of Shultz Creek
  • 14-18Election Precinct 11, Almond: Election Precinct 11, Almond - That part east and north of State Highway 77
  • 14-19Election Precinct 11, Almond - That part west and south of State Highway 77
  • 14-20Election Precinct 12, Idaho
  • 14-21Election Precinct 13, Lineville: Lineville town: Lineville town - That part east of Alexander City Road and Third Avenue
  • 14-22Lineville town - That part west of Third Avenue and Alexander City Rd.
  • 14-23Election Precinct 13, Lineville - That part north of State Highway 48 and southwest of State Highway 9, outside Lineville town
  • 14-24Election Precinct 13, Lineville - That part south of State Hwy 48, and southeast of State Highway 9, outside Lineville town
  • 14-25Election Precinct 14, Pinckneyville
  • 14-26Election Precinct 15, Union

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,221 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,221 of them, burning about 28,374 acres. 42 started naturally and 486 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism486
Debris and open burning352
Missing data/not specified/undetermined191
Recreation and ceremony71
Equipment and vehicle use43
Natural42
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3

The five largest, by the area the report gives. 6 of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 December 1998Arson/incendiarism3,108 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHEAHA WILDERNESS
28 November 2016Arson/incendiarism2,229 acresNational Forests in AlabamaLAKE CHINNABEE
12 November 2016Recreation and ceremony1,066 acresNational Forests in AlabamaHALF WAY
30 October 2016Arson/incendiarism988 acresNational Forests in AlabamaWELCOME HOME 1
20 March 2016Arson/incendiarism932 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCANEY HEAD
19 August 2007Natural615 acresNational Forests in AlabamaHIGH FALLS
12 October 2016Arson/incendiarism570 acresNational Forests in AlabamaPOWER HORN
19 November 2013Arson/incendiarism428 acresNational Forests in AlabamaHORN MTN WEST

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1953 to 2025

60 of 246 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 246 reports for this county, causing 8 deaths, 26 injuries and about $28,160,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind136
Hail57
Tornado25
Flash Flood19
Lightning5
Funnel Cloud2
Flood2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1953Tornado (F4)not stated7 killed, 12 hurt, $250,000no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodAshland1 killed, $15,000A flash flood, about 3 inches in an hour, washed out sections of Fuller Road in Mellow Valley. A 51 year-old man drove into the washed out area and was severely injured. He died the next day in the hospital from his injuries.
February 1990Tornado (F1)not stated5 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1989Tornado (F1)not stated3 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1984Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 2004Tornado (F1)Millerville1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 2002LightningAshland1 hurt, $3,000A seven year old girl was struck by lightning inside the Cheaha State Park grounds. She suffered minor injuries. One home was also struck by lightning near the park and minor damage occurred.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLineville1 hurtLineville city police reported a fatality when a large tree fell on a moving vehicle. The vehicle was traveling on Martha Street.
August 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtSeveral trees were uprooted in Lineville. One of the trees fell on a van, slightly injuring the occupant.
May 1973Tornado (F4)not stated$25,000,000no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodCountywide$700,000no account filed
January 1988Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindLineville$100,000Thunderstorm wind destroyed a maintenance building and a tire company building in the Lineville Industrial Park South. A house on Highway 9 east of Ashland was heavily damaged when a large tree fell on it. Several mobile homes in the area sustained light to moderate damage.
April 2005Tornado (F1)Ashland$80,000no account filed
May 2003LightningAshland$70,000no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLineville$50,000Numerous trees were blown down across the northern portion of the county.
July 1999LightningAshland$50,000Lightning apparently struck a home causing a fire. The fire virtually destroyed everything inside the home. No injuries were reported.
March 1994HailAshland$50,000Hail about the size of nickels was reported about five miles west of Ashland.
November 2001Tornado (F1)Lineville$50,000no account filed
August 2005Flash FloodMillerville$47,000Two bridges were covered with water and were temporarily impassable. One culvert was washed out. Both of these incidents occurred within five miles of the Mellow Valley community.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$40,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down countywide. One mobile home lost part of its roof near Millerville. In the southwest part of the county, one home had its front porch removed. One residence in Ashland caught on fire from a lightning strike and sustained major damage. A grass fire was ignited in the Highland Pine area due to a lightning strike. Several vehicles were damaged by falling trees.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLineville$25,000What appeared to be a rather typical evening thunderstorm produced an apparent downburst that downed trees and power lines on the south and west side of Lineville. A storm survey of the damage confirmed a divergent pattern in the scattered tree damage. Several large structures including an armory and a high school gymnasium sustained minor roof damage. The most significant damage occurred when a large limb - about a foot and a half in diameter - crashed through the roof of a well-built brick home. The area of damage was about 4 tenths of a mile wide and just short of a mile in length.
January 1998Flash FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
June 1985Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
November 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 1981Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 1981Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1980Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 1978Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
November 1957Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindAshland Lineville Ar$20,000An aircraft hangar collapsed, and the debris was blown 100-150 yards downwind.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindDampsey$20,000One barn had its roof torn off and one mobile home was damaged, near State Route 49 in far northern Clay County.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAshland$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around Ashland, including a tree that fell onto a house in the Shireys Mill community.
November 2010Tornado (EF0)Hatchett$15,000The tornado touched down about 4.5 miles east of Hollins, near the Brownsville Community, just south of Chapman Road on Brownsville Loop Road. Much of the damage path was very minor and consisted of tree limb damage. The most significant damage occurred along CR-7 just north of Partridge Creek Road. Several trees were either uprooted or snapped off in this area. One vehicle suffered moderate damage due to a fallen tree. The tornado lifted just after it crossed CR-7.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDelta$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down at several locations near the Delta community, including Good Hope Delta Road, Lees Bridge Road, Center Hill Road, and the Lake Gerald area. Several barns in the same area were also damaged.
May 1999LightningBarfield$15,000Lightning struck a barn in Barfield and the ensuing fire damaged the structure significantly.
April 2001Flash FloodCountywide$14,000Several roads throughout the county were flooded and temporarily impassable.
March 1996HailLineville$12,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCountywide$11,000Several trees were blown down countywide. Some of the communities that reported wind damage include Cragford, Lineville, and Delta.
November 2004Flash FloodCountywide$11,000Numerous roads were reported covered with water and some were temporarily impassable. Widespread rain amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches with a few spots approaching 5 inches. Much of the rain occurred in a short period of time. Due to the terrain, runoff from these storms lasted for several hours after the heaviest rains ended.
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Gibsonville$10,000The tornado touched down near Fuller Road where minimal tree damage occurred and one home sustained roof damage. It then tracked northeast before lifting near catfish road. A small catfish restaurant had a part of the roof torn off. Several trees were snapped off along the short path. One vehicle was partially lifted into the air and the roof debris was deposited underneath it. There were approximately 100 people in the catfish restaurant when the tornado hit. These people were in the basement after the owner took action when hearing the warning. No injuries were reported.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Clay County reported shingle damage on one home and a roof torn off a barn in Lineville.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAshland$10,000A few trees were down, including one on a house, which did minor roof damage.
September 2004Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindAshland$10,000no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
September 2002Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHollins$10,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindAshland$10,000no account filed
August 1996HailLineville$10,000no account filed
March 1996HailAshland$10,000no account filed
May 2003Flash FloodCountywide$8,000Several roads across the county were temporarily impassable and flooded.
June 1997LightningAshland$8,000The steeple on the First United Methodist Church was struck by lightning resulting in damage to a sound system and a computer. The steeple and cross were also damaged. Time estimated.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMillerville$6,000Trees were blown down in the Bluff Springs community near Millerville.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLineville$5,000A building at Lineville High School received unspecified damage. Several trees were blown down around the city.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindAshland$5,000Several trees were blown down across Clay County. At least one structure suffered unspecified wind damage.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAshland$5,000Several trees were blown down on Mines Road, west of Ashland. Trees were also blown down on State Lake Road, and Church Road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLineville$5,000A roof was blown off a workshop along Highway 9.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAshland$5,000A few trees were knocked down in the extreme northwest part of Clay County near the Cheaha Wilderness Area.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMillerville$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down near Millerville alongSR 148.

Mines and quarries

248 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 248 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 246 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Mica68
Gold56
Graphite53
Copper17
Manganese17
Zinc9
Arsenic8
Iron8
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid8
Vanadium5
Arsenic, Lead5
Arsenic, Copper, Lead4
Mica, Vanadium3
Clay3

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ashland Cyanite ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Ashland DistrictGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast ProducerBEDDED
Benjamin ProspectCopper, Gold, Lead, ArsenicProspect
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Dulin MineManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Dulin MineCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1917
East Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977
Grizzel ProspectGold, GarnetOccurrenceGold
Grizzell ProspectArsenic, Gold, LeadProspect
Harall Gold MineGold, Silver, IronPast Producer1846
Harall MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hatchet Creek CopperCopper, Molybdenum, BismuthProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Hatchet Creek Prospect - West MillervilleIron, Copper, SulfurOccurrence1963
Hatchet Creek Prospect Main DepositSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1962
J D Crarter ProspectArsenic, LeadProspect
J D Walker ProspectZinc, Lead, Copper, ArsenicProspect
Pyriton AreaCopper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, GoldPast Producer1850
Pyriton MinesIron, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer1862
Stringfellow ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, CopperOccurrence1854
Suggs Beryl ProspectBeryllium, MicaOccurrence
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.7 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Lead, ArsenicProspect
Van Smith Soapstone ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
A S Bell Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence
Benjamin ProspectGold, Lead, Zinc, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Clay County Hwy Dept. Ashland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coosa River News ProspectArsenic, Lead, ZincProspect
Dempsey Pyrite ProspectSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence
Hatchet Creek Prospect MillervilleSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1963
Pyriton MinesSulfur, CopperPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carbon MountainGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1917
Cly 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Enitachopco MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerSurface
Garrett ProspectCopper, SulfurProspect
Mcghee ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1850
Reams Clay ProspectClayProspect
Simmons Clay ProspectClayProspect
South Queneldo AreaGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
Stringfellow ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1855
Amason ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Dawkins ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Alabama No. 1 MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1912
Farrar-Wallace MineZinc, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer
H Amason ProspectArsenic, LeadProspectUnderground
Jennings-Republic AreaGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1914
Monitor, King and Barrett MinesGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1918
National MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1916
Old Copper Mine ProspectCopper, Arsenic, LeadProspect
Superior FlakeGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1920
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, LeadProspect
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
DempseyIronUnknown
Dempsey MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Dempsey ProspectsIronProspect
Franklin MineGold, IronPast Producer
Jasper Williams ProspectSulfur, Sulfuric AcidOccurrence
Knight's Mill ProspectGold, ArsenicProspect
L & M Mining Association MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
National Pyrite & Copper Co. MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
National Pyrite & Copper Co. MineSulfur, Sulfuric AcidPast Producer
Pyrite ProspectSulfur, Sulfuric AcidProspect
Sewell PropertySulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
Southern Sulfur Ore Co. MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
W D Mitchell Prospect No. 2Gold, ArsenicProspect
W M Sharps MineIronPast Producer
W.D. Mitchell Properties No. 1Gold, ArsenicOccurrenceGold
W.D. Mitchell Properties No. 1Gold, ArsenicOccurrence
Alamag Copper Prospects No 1CopperOccurrence
Alamag Copper Prospects No 2CopperOccurrence
Alamag Copper Prospects No 3CopperOccurrence
Alamag Copper Prospects No 4CopperOccurrence
Bowden Grove Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Dean Watts Manganese MineManganesePast Producer1949
Dempsy Greenstone Manganese OutcropManganeseOccurrence
Dulin Mine Shadix PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual
G.C. Miller ProspectManganeseOccurrence1944
J Van Smith ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Thos. Peoples ProspectManganeseOccurrence1944
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed, Near Hatchet CreekCopperPast Producer
Van Smith Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrencePyrolusite
Watt Manganese DistrictManganeseProspectLATERITE
Watt Manganese OpeningManganeseProspectPyrolusite
Watt Mn DistrictManganesePast ProducerResidual
Watts ProspectManganeseOccurrence1944
A B C Railroad CutsGraphiteProspect
Acme MineGraphitePast Producer
Alabama #1 MineGraphitePast Producer1865, 1912
Alabama #2 MineGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Alabama #3 MineGraphitePast Producer1865
Alabama Flake Graphite Company MineGraphitePast Producer
American MineGraphitePast Producer
Ashland MinesGraphitePast Producer
Atlas MineGraphitePast Producer
Axton-Noe MineGraphitePast Producer
C B Allen AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Carbon Mountain MineGraphitePast Producer
Clay County Graphite MineGraphiteUnknown
Crystalline Flake MineGraphitePast Producer
Eagle AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Enitachopco MineGraphitePast Producer
Graphite ProspectGraphiteProspect
Griessemer MineGraphitePast Producer
Haile MinesGraphitePast Producer1865, 1916
Hood-Graves MineGraphitePast Producer
J M Smith ProspectGraphiteProspect
J W Williams ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Jefferson MineGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Jennings AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1914
King MineGraphitePast Producer
Liberty MineGraphite, MicaPast Producer1917
Liberty MineGraphiteOccurrence
Lineville MineGraphitePast Producer
May Brothers No 2 MineGraphiteUnknown
May Brothers No. 1 AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Monitor MineGraphitePast Producer
National AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1916
Peerless MineGraphitePast Producer
Pocahontas MineGraphite, MicaPast Producer1921
Pocahontas MineGraphitePast Producer1865, 1921
Quenelda AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Republic AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Southern MineGraphitePast Producer
Standard Graphite MineGraphiteUnknown
Superior Flake AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1920
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteUnknown
Walter S Smith PropertyGraphiteProspect
Al Au & Mica Co MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Alabama Gold & Mica Co. MineGoldPast Producer
Alabama Gold and Mica Co Gold MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Ashland Mining Co Gold ProspectGoldOccurrenceVein
Brown ProspectGoldOccurrenceStratabound
Brown ProspectGoldProspect
California LodeGoldPast ProducerVein
California Lode ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
California MineGoldPast Producer
Chinca-Pina Lode ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Chinca-Pine MineGoldPast Producer
Cockrell Lode ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Dawkin's LodeGoldPast ProducerVein
Dawkins Lode ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Eley Gold MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound
Eley MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Eley MineGoldPast Producer
Farrar-Wallace ProspectGoldPast Producer1860
Franklin MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Franklin Pits - Idaho MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound
Grizzle ProspectGoldProspect
Haraldson MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Haraldson MineGoldPast Producer
Harall Au Mine Harold Or HarralGoldPast ProducerVein
Harold Gold MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Harwell PropectGoldPast ProducerVein
Harwell ProspectGoldOccurrence1930
Hobbs ProspectGoldPast ProducerStratabound
Hobbs ProspectGoldProspect
Horn's Peak MineGoldProspectGold
Horns Peak MineGoldPast Producer
Lashley Property ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Laurel ProspectGoldPast ProducerGold
Laurel ProspectGoldPast Producer
Little Samson LodeGoldPast ProducerStratabound
Manning PlacerGoldOccurrenceGold
Old Gold MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Old Gold MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound
Unnamed Gold ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Unnamed Gold Prospect TunnelGoldOccurrenceGold
Unnamed MineGoldPast Producer
Unnamed MineGoldPast Producer
Unnamed MineGoldPast Producer
Unnamed MineGoldPast Producer
W D Mitchell ProspectGoldProspect
W D Mitchell ProspectGoldProspect
Whatley Gold MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound
Ashland MineMicaPast Producer
Bains ProspectMicaProspect
Barfield MineMicaPast Producer
Barfield ProspectMicaProspect
Bob Lee Mica ProspectMicaOccurrence
Bob Lee No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer
Bob Mitchell ProspectMicaProspect
Brown ProspectMicaProspect
Bunn-Jones ProspectMicaProspect
C D Hodge ProspectMicaProspect
Campbell-Alabama Mineral Land MineMicaPast Producer
Cicero Smith ProspectMicaProspect
Delta Mica Co. MineMicaPast Producer
Delta Mica Co. ProspectMicaOccurrence
Delta MineMicaPast Producer
Dye ProspectMicaProspect
Fletcher Smith MineMicaPast Producer
Four Pits ProspectMicaProspect
Gibbs Lubricating Co. ProspectMicaProspect
Gibson MineMicaPast Producer
Good Hope Church MineMicaPast Producer
Gopher MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern Mica Co. MineMicaPast Producer
Griffin MineMicaPast Producer
Haralson MineMicaPast Producer
Hodge Mine and ProspectMicaPast Producer
Hudson MineMicaPast Producer
Hurst MineMicaPast Producer
J J Smith No 1 MineMicaPast Producer
J J Smith No. 2 ProspectMicaProspect
J J Smith ProspectMicaProspect
J W Hunter ProspectMicaPast Producer
J W Smith MineMicaProspect
Jones-Bunn ProspectMicaProspect
Lett No 1 and 2 ProspectsMicaProspect
Lett No 3 ProspectMicaProspect
M & G No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer
M and G MineMicaPast Producer
Mary Low ProspectMicaProspect
May MineMicaPast Producer
Mcnamara MineMicaPast Producer
Pitts No. 1 MineMicaUnknown
Pitts No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer
Robinson ProspectMicaProspect
S M Smith ProspectsMicaProspect
S M and F Smith MineMicaPast Producer
Shirey Prospect No 2MicaProspect
Shirey Prospect No. 2MicaProspect
Shirey Prospect No. 4MicaProspect
Shirley ProspectMicaProspect
Shirley Prospect No. 3MicaProspect
Shirley-Gopher MineMicaPast Producer
Smith No. 1 ProspectMicaProspect
Smitth No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Unnamed MineMicaPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectMicaOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMicaOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMicaOccurrence
W D Dye ProspectMicaOccurrence
W H Lane Mica ProspectMicaOccurrence

Every populated place in the county

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Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

The vanished settlements of Clay County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Recorded here

Ashland, Alabama

12 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1928

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.