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Randolph County, Alabama

43 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

Research this county

From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Alabama within the United States
Randolph County within Alabama

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Roanoke, between 1894 and 1949.
  • 8 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 970 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 districts and 1 building.
  • 1 of the 3 listings was added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 86 populated places in this county; 85 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

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
McCosh Grist Milldistrict197676000353
Roanoke Downtown Historic Districtdistrict199385003683
Wadley Railroad Depotbuilding201111000428

The county from the air

33 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 970 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 33 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, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:60000
1951-02-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1962-02-13, scale 1:27000
1962-02-13, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-06, scale 1:27000
1964-03-06, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-06, scale 1:27000
1964-03-06, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-06, scale 1:27000
1964-03-06, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-03-06, scale 1:27000
1964-03-06, 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, 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 1:121336
1970-06-08, scale 1:121336. 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 1:117972
1971-02-14, scale 1:117972. 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 1:118586
1971-02-14, scale 1:118586. 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 1:121141
1972-06-01, scale 1:121141. 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, 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.

Weather records

10 stations, 8 gages

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

35 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.

  • 56-1Election Precinct 1, Graham
  • 56-2Election Precinct 2, Morrisons: Election Precinct 2, Morrisons - That part northeast of State Highway 37
  • 56-3Election Precinct 2, Morrisons - That part southwest of State Highway 37
  • 56-4Election Precinct 3, Rockdale: Election Precinct 3, Rockdale - That part east of State Highway 37
  • 56-5Election Precinct 3, Rockdale - That part west of State Highway 37
  • 56-6Election Precinct 4, Woodland: Election Precinct 4, Woodland - That part east of Hawk - Byron - Waldrep Road
  • 56-7Election Precinct 4, Woodland - That part west of Hawk - Byron Road and north of Wedowee - Byron Road
  • 56-8Election Precinct 4, Woodland - That part south of Wedowee - Byron Road and west of Byron - Waldrep Road
  • 56-9Election Precinct 5, Omaha: Election Precinct 5, Omaha - That part east of Waldrep - Omaha- Wehadkee Road
  • 56-10Election Precinct 5, Omaha - That part west of Waldrep - Omaha - Wehadkee Road and east of High Shoals - Potash - Napoleon Road
  • 56-11Election Precinct 5, Omaha - That part west of High Shoals - Potash- Napoleon Road
  • 56-12Election Precinct 6, Wedowee: Wedowee town
  • 56-13Election Precinct 6, Wedowee - That part north of Blakes Ferry Road, State Highway 48, and Wedowee - Corbin Road, outside Wedowee town
  • 56-14Election Precinct 6, Wedowee - That part south of Blakes Ferry Road and State Highway 48 and southwest of State Highway 37, outside Wedowee town
  • 56-15Election Precinct 6, Wedowee - That part south of Wedowee - Corbin Road, and northeast State Highway 37, outside Wedowee town
  • 56-16Election Precinct 7, Fox Creek
  • 56-17Election Precinct 8, Almond: Wadley town
  • 56-18Election Precinct 8, Almond - That part outside Wadley town
  • 56-19Election Precinct 9, Louina
  • 56-20Election Precinct 10, Roanoke: Roanoke city: Roanoke city - That part Bounded by City limits; East Avenue; Commerce, Park Avenue, Randolph; Handley Avenue, Piedmont, West Avenue
  • 56-21Roanoke city - That part Bounded by City limits; West Avenue, Piedmont, Handley Avenue, Handley, Knight Avenue, Peachtree, Trammel; S. Main, Louina; Unnamed street, Price, New Road, City limits
  • 56-22Roanoke city - That part Bounded by Randolph, Park Avenue, Commerce; East Avenue; Peachtree; Knight Avenue, Handley, Handley Avenue
  • 56-23Roanoke city - That part Bounded by Peachtree, East Avenue, City limits; City limits; Rockmill Street Road, Highway, College, West Point, School; Guy, West Point, Church, S. Main, Trammel
  • 56-24Roanoke city - That part Bounded by Kirk, Guy, School, West Point, College, Highway, Rockmill Street Road; City limits; City limits; Chestnut
  • 56-25Roanoke city - That part bounded by New Road, Price, Unnamed street, Louina, S. Main; Church, West Point, Guy, Kirk, Chestnut; City limits; City limits
  • 56-26Election Precinct 10, Roanoke - That part east of State Highway 37, outside Roanoke city
  • 56-27Election Precinct 10, Roanoke - That part west of State Highway 37 and north of Level Road - Acre Rd.
  • 56-28Election Precinct 10, Roanoke - That part south of Level Road - Acre Road and State Highway 37 and northwest of A. B. and C. Railroad, outside Roanoke city
  • 56-29Election Precinct 10, Roanoke - That part southeast of A. B. and C. Railroad and west of State Highway 27, outside Roanoke city
  • 56-30Election Precinct 11, Rock Mills: Election Precinct 11, Rock Mills - That part east of Wehadkee Creek
  • 56-31Election Precinct 11, Rock Mills - That part west of Wehadkee Creek
  • 56-32Election Precinct 12, Bacon Level
  • 56-33Election Precinct 13, Halpins
  • 56-34Election Precinct 14, Pine Hill: Election Precinct 14, Pine Hill - That part east of Cohobadiah Creek
  • 56-35Election Precinct 14, Pine Hill - That part west of Cohobadiah Creek

Wildfire, 1994 to 2020

971 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 971 of them, burning about 7,030 acres. 18 started naturally and 201 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning425
Arson/incendiarism201
Missing data/not specified/undetermined146
Recreation and ceremony83
Equipment and vehicle use40
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Natural18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Fireworks1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 April 2000Arson/incendiarism172 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 May 2000Arson/incendiarism172 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 March 2000Arson/incendiarism122 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 1995Debris and open burning117 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 December 2015Arson/incendiarism113 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20151212-001
9 April 1996Debris and open burning110 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 October 2000Debris and open burning100 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 March 2002Arson/incendiarism90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

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

Storms, 1970 to 2026

60 of 310 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 310 reports for this county, causing 3 deaths, 16 injuries and about $9,900,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind156
Hail99
Tornado22
Flash Flood21
Lightning9
Flood2
Heavy Rain1

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
April 1985Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 killedno account filed
January 1974Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 7 hurt, $250,000no account filed
November 1992Tornado (F1)not stated5 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
April 1970Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRoanoke Muni Arpt1 hurt, $5,000The top of a pine tree fell on a mobile home, and injured one person who was taken to the hospital.
February 2020FloodMalone1 hurtSeveral road washed out across northern Randolph County with 3-4 inches of rainfall reported during the event. One person injured when driving into area where road washed out.
March 1989Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWedowee$800,000The Randolph County Emergency Management Agency estimated winds of at least 80 mph swept through Roanoke. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Two or three homes were destroyed by falling trees while 16 other homes sustained major to moderate damage. A light pole at the high school stadium was toppled. The high school, a nursing home, the grammar school, and the recreation center reported minor damage. Six businesses sustained damage including an outbuilding business which suffered major damage. Two chicken houses sustained roof damage. Several trees were reported downed by the wind across the county.
March 1998Flash FloodCountywide$500,000After a very heavy rain event, several creeks, including Wedowee and Wehadkee Creeks, overflowed their banks. This washed out 15 to 20 roads and bridges across the county.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDingler$300,000A 75 ton, 40 foot tall, gantry crane on the top of R. L. Harris Dam was moved along its tracks by an apparent microburst. The crane subsequently rolled through its end stops, eventually coming to a stop partially resting over the edge of the dam. The crane itself, and several portions of the dam that it impacted, sustained considerable damage as a result.
November 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1984Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
September 2002Flash FloodCountywide$200,000no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$150,000Damaging thunderstorm wind moved across the county around midnight. As the storm entered the county, a barn roof was damaged, and a chicken house lost its roof near the intersection of US 431 and CR 82. A barn was totally destroyed, several homes sustained roof damage, and trees and power lines were blown down along CR 82 across northern Randolph County. In northeast Randolph County on CR 422, chicken houses and homes sustained roof and some structural damage.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindWedowee$125,000Damaging straight line winds affected areas in and around Wedowee. Several homes sustained roof damage, several docks were damaged, one bank sustained major roof damage, and several trees and power lines were blown down. Power outages lasted through a large part of the afternoon.
June 2010Flash FloodRoanoke$115,000Significant flooding was reported around the city of Roanoke. Several streets became impassable with a foot or more of water flowing over them, and several homes in the area got up to 3 feet of water in them. The hardest hit area was along AL-22, near Midway Full Gospel Church. At least one unoccupied vehicle was carried about 400 feet down a flood swollen creek, and an additional vehicle in the same area was submerged for a time. One person had to be rescued from her trailer after flood waters surrounded it.
May 2013Flash FloodPine Tuckey$100,000Over four inches of rainfall led to road closures and damage in northern Randolph county. Portions of old U. S. Highway 431 near Pineywood Creek and County Road 92 were impassable. A portion of County Road 9 near Lofty was washed away with repairs estimated at $100,000.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Corinth$100,000The tornado touched down on CR-15 near the Pleasant Grove Church, about 3 miles southwest of Wedowee. It then tracked northeast, damaging five homes, at least two vehicles and three barns. One shop and numerous other outbuildings were significantly damaged or destroyed. Additionally, several dozen trees were either snapped off or were uprooted along the path. The tornado lifted near the Georgia state line at CR-477.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Wedowee$85,000A tornado touched down 1.6 miles south-southwest of Wedowee or just west of CR 15. The tornado crossed CR 15 and US 431 where a restaurant and several other buildings suffered minor damage. The tornado continued on an east-northeast path crossing through primarily rural areas damaging a few buildings and downing a large number of trees. Tornado intensity varied along the path and in some locations there was significant tree damage with some trees splintered. The tornado crossed through the Napoleon area and crossed CR 39 before ending close to the Alabama-Georgia state line. Damage toward the end of the path became very minor.Beg: 33 17.229/85 29.559 End: 33 21.147/85 16.994
February 2008Thunderstorm WindPine Tuckey$75,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county. Two permanent houses, 2 mobile homes, and 5 barns sustained varying degrees of damage from fallen trees.
August 2006LightningWedowee$75,000Lightning strikes destroyed the downtown traffic lights, several computers and equipment in the courthouse and commission anex buildings. Lightning also struck a house, which subsequently burned to the ground due to the strike.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindWedowee$75,000Numerous trees and power lines down were blown down in and around the city of Wedowee. The fallen trees caused some home and vehicle damage.
May 2003Flash FloodCountywide$75,000Several roads and bridges across the county were flooded.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$75,000no account filed
June 2005LightningWoodland$60,000Lightning struck a home in the Woodland community on County Road 464. The subsequent fire burned the house down to the ground. The residents of the home were able to escape without injury.
April 2005Tornado (F1)Wadley$60,000no account filed
May 2009Flash FloodRoanoke$50,000Several roads in and near the city of Roanoke were closed due to flash flooding. These roads included Chestnut Road, Louina Road, and CR-45 near Rockstand Road. County Road 41, near the Corinth Community, had four feet of water rushing across it.
July 2008LightningPine Tuckey$50,000A house on Old Highway 431, in the Morrison Crossroads Community, was destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$50,000A billboard was blown down onto 3 cars in a discount store parking lot. An air conditioner on top of the store was blown over, and a skylight was blown out.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$50,000Damaging thunderstorm winds moved through the city of Roanoke. One large police communications tower was blown down and landed on a police vehicle. Several trees and power lines were knocked down around the city. A large plate glass window was blown out of the local Ford dealers showroom.
June 1994Thunderstorm Windnot stated$50,000Numerous trees were reported down in southern Randolph County especially in the areas between Wedowee and Wadley and between Wedowee and Roanoke.
November 2001Tornado (F1)Wedowee$50,000no account filed
June 1999Flash FloodRoanoke$40,000Rainfall up to ten inches in a few hours caused flooding throughout the city of Roanoke. Numerous roads were closed and a few homes had water in them. One family was temporarily trapped in their home before being rescued by the fire department.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$37,000Several trees and power lines were blown down in and around Roanoke.
March 2003HailRoanoke$35,000A large hail storm affected southern Randolph County from near Wadley to Roanoke to near the Georgia State Line. Hail ranging from nickel size to grapefruit size was reported. The grapefruit size hail fell in the Friendship Community and collected up to a foot deep.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$30,000Several trees were blown down and caused power outages. The fallen trees damaged several buildings and vehicles. Several outbuildings and barns also suffered damage.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$30,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. The Randolph County EMA reported that the hardest hit areas were around Wadley and near Wedowee.
December 2011Tornado (EF0)Graham$25,000After a review of damage, eye witness accounts, and analysis of Dual-Pol radar data from KFFC, it was determined that damage in northeastern Randolph county was a result of a brief EF-0 tornado. The EF-0 tornado with winds of 70 mph briefly touched down near Sewell, along County Road 87, south of County Road 438. One home and half a dozen outbuildings sustained roof damage, as metal roofing was peeled off and tossed up to one half mile downwind. Minor tree damage was also noted. Two witnesses reported a funnel cloud in the area, but due to terrain were unable to confirm whether the circulation extended to the ground.
January 2010Flash FloodWedowee$25,000Widespread flooding was reported around the city of Wedowee, and several roads had to be closed for several hours due to high water.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindGraham$25,000A house under construction was damaged on CR 455 just north of Sewell. The home had all its windows broken out, the front porch torn off, damage to the siding, and roof damage. A barn on the property was totally destroyed. Just north of the Bethel East Baptist Church on CR 87, a mobile home was pushed off its foundation, several trees were blown down, and one barn destroyed and one heavily damaged.
January 1998Flash FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWadley$25,000no account filed
November 1989Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1984Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1971Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWehadkee$20,000At least two mobile homes received considerable roof damage. One home and one church also received minor shingle damage.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The windows of a downtown building were blown out, and a plywood wall of a theater were blown out.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$20,000Trees and power lines were down and major damage was done to a barn in Roanoke.
February 2005HailNewell$18,000Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported across the northern half of Randolph County. A few locations observed the hail covering the ground. A few vehicles were damaged by the large hail.
April 2005Tornado (F1)Wadley$18,000no account filed
May 1996HailWedowee$15,000no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodWedowee$12,000Heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused flooding in Wedowee. Many roads were flooded and creeks briefly ran out of their banks.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindRice Mill$10,000There were 10 to 12 campers damaged at Pineywoods Campground as strong wind over Lake Wedowee moved onshore.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRoanoke Muni Arpt$10,000A large tree fell on a home in Roanoke.
March 2011LightningCorinth$10,000Lightning struck a tree and traveled into a home, damaging brick on the exterior wall and destroying electronics inside the home.
February 2009Tornado (EF1)Wehadkee$10,000The tornado touched down in a forested area one-quarter mile west of County Road 296, about 8 miles northeast of Roanoke. It then tracked east-southeastward for just under a mile before lifting near the Georgia state line. Several hundred trees were either snapped off or blown down along the path, but it hit no other structures.
September 2009LightningPine Hill$10,000A lightning strike caused a house to catch fire, on CR-82 near the Hawk community, resulting in unspecified damages.
April 2006LightningWadley$10,000A lightning strike ignited a gas fire.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWedowee$10,000A large tree was blown across CR-333, and a large tree limb fell through a house on CR-233.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindRock Mills$10,000The upper portion of a house was damaged, and an outbuilding was destroyed, on CR 16 between Roanoke and Rock Mills.

Mines and quarries

151 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 151 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 149 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Mica77
Gold31
Zinc23
Arsenic, Copper, Lead13
Arsenic6
Lead5
Sand and Gravel, Construction5
Arsenic, Lead3
Sulfides3
Copper, Arsenic, Lead3
Gold, Arsenic2
Lead, Arsenic, Copper2
Clay2
Copper, Lead, Arsenic2

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bradford Fraction ProspectCopper, Arsenic, GoldProspect
Bradford Ridge-Weaver MineGold, Arsenic, CopperPast ProducerVein
Goldberg ProspectArsenic, Gold, Iron, LeadProspect
Harris Dam QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnson ProspectIronProspect
Number Two ProspectArsenic, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Ran 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect
Teakle ProspectArsenic, Gold, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
Walker MineLead, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer
Worthy - Walker ProspectArsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
Worthy-Walker MineGold, Arsenic, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein
Bradford Fraction ProspectGold, ArsenicOccurrenceGold
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Teakle MineGold, Arsenic, ZincOccurrenceVein
Unnamed MineZinc, Copper, Lead, ArsenicPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Copper, Lead, ArsenicPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Lead, Arsenic, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Lead, Arsenic, CopperProspect
Goldberg MineGold, Arsenic, LeadPast ProducerVein
Grey Goose ProspectZinc, Arsenic, LeadProspect
H.S. Bradley ProspectGold, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Pyrite
John Turner Property ProspectZinc, Arsenic, LeadProspect
Joshua Ballard ProspectGold, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Pyrite
Teakle MineGold, SulfidesPast Producer1890, 1935
Unnamed MineZinc, Copper, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Copper, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Copper, Arsenic, LeadProspect
C H Mitchell MineArsenic, LeadPast Producer
Fetner ProspectArsenic, LeadProspect
Lashley ProspectGold, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Morris Property ProspectArsenic, LeadProspect
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lashley ProspectGold, ArsenicProspect
Blue Goose ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
L D Walker ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadProspect
Bradford ProspectGoldProspect
Browning LodeGoldOccurrenceGold
Browning ProspectGoldProspect
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast Producer1908
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Gold Ridge MineGoldPast Producer
H S Bradley ProspectGoldOccurrence
John Turner PlacerGoldOccurrenceGold
John Turner PlacerGoldPast Producer
Joshua Ballard ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
L.D. Walker ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Morris MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Morris MineGoldPast Producer
Morris Mine Cragford DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Pine Hill MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Pine Hill MineGoldPast Producer
Pine Tuckey Gold MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pinetucky MineGoldPast Producer
W.D. Mitchell Property No. 2GoldOccurrenceGold
Weaver MineGoldPast Producer
Wildcat Hollow ProspectGoldOccurrence1893
Wildcat Hollow ProspectGoldProspect
Alexandria MineMicaPast Producer
Arnold ProspectMicaProspect
Arnott MineMicaPast Producer
Arnott No 2 ProspectMicaProspect
Arnott No. 1 ProspectMicaProspect
Arnott Road ProspectMicaProspect
Arthemus Morrison MineMicaPast Producer
Bagley ProspectMicaProspect
Chas Boyd MineMicaPast Producer
Clein Scrap-Mica DepositMicaProspect
Clouse ProspectsMicaProspect
ConsolidatedMicaProspect
Consolidated Mica Co. MineMicaPast Producer
Consolidated Mica Co. ProspectMicaProspect
Crens MineMicaPast Producer
Crystal Clear MineMicaPast Producer
Douglas Smith MineMicaPast Producer
East Indian ProspectMicaProspect
Foster MineMicaPast Producer
Friendship No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Frinedship No 2 MineMicaPast Producer
Great Souathern No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern Mica Company Mine #1MicaPast Producer
Great Southern Mica Company Mine #2MicaPast Producer
Great Southern MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern No 4 MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern No. 3 MineMicaPast Producer
Great Southern No. 5 MineMicaPast Producer
Haynes No 2 MineMicaPast Producer
Haynes No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Haynes ProspectMicaProspect
Holmes ProspectMicaProspect
Indian MineMicaPast Producer
J B Motes ProspectsMicaUnknown
J J New Bo. 4 ProspectMicaProspect
J J New No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
J J New No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer
J J New No. 6 ProspectMicaProspect
J J New No.3 MineMicaPast Producer
J W Turley MineMicaPast Producer
J.J. New No.6 ProspectMicaProspect
J.P. Holmes ProspectMicaProspect
Jake Rice MineMicaPast Producer
Jones No 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Jones ProspectsMicaProspect
Kitchen ProspectMicaProspect
Lester and William Kitchen ProspectMicaOccurrence
Liberty MineMicaPast Producer
Mcadoo MineMicaPast Producer
Mcinnish ProspectMicaOccurrence
Mcinnish ProspectsMicaProspect
Mica ProspectMicaOccurrence
Newell Mine & MillMicaPlant
Old Ancient MineMicaPast Producer
Pat Ayers No. 1 ProspectMicaProspect
Pat Ayers No. 2MicaProspect
Pat Ayers No. 3 ProspectMicaProspect
Pat Ayers No. 4 ProspectMicaProspect
Pat Ayers No. 5 ProspectMicaProspect
Pat Ayers No. 6 ProspectMicaProspect
Pate ProspectMicaProspect
Pearce Lenless Nos 2,3 &4 ProspectsMicaProspect
Pearce Lensless No 1 ProspectMicaProspect
Pinetucky No. 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Pinetucky No. 2 MineMicaPast Producer
Randolph Mica Co ProspectMicaProspect
Tennant ProspectsMicaProspect
Trommell No 1 ProspectMicaProspect
Trommell No. 2 ProspectsMicaPast Producer
U.S. Gypsum Co. MineMicaPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectMicaProspect
Vickers No 1 MineMicaPast Producer
Vickers No 3 ProspectMicaProspect
Vickers No 4 MineMicaPast Producer
Vickers No.2 ProspectMicaProspect
York and Verge ProspectMicaProspect

Every populated place in the county

86

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.

Recorded here

Roanoke, Alabama

11 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1894 to 1949

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.