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Abihka, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sycamore-Winterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Reynolds Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winterboro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Abihka within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

266 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Abihka (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,088 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 85 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 burning91
Arson/incendiarism85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Other causes3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism30 acresNational Forests in AlabamaFLAT WOODS
7 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaSTUMP HOLE (612)
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-9
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-17
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism52 acresNational Forests in AlabamaGEORGIA ASTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Abihka (historical): 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Sycamore Clay ProspectClayProspect
Talladega ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Watts ProspectManganeseOccurrence1944
Alabama Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Nix QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Rumsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alpine MillTalc-SoapstonePlant
Northern DepositTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
Robinson ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Rendalia1.2 miles22
Ledbetters1.6 miles22
Winterboro2.4 miles22
Berneys3.1 miles22
Papertown4.0 miles22
Sycamore4.0 miles22
Risers4.2 miles22
Reynolds Mill4.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 158185. 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.