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Angel, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. It stands on Rabes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

Angel within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

197 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Angel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,675 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 55 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 burning83
Arson/incendiarism55
Recreation and ceremony24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Natural3

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Angel: 19 occurrences, 17 past producers, 8 unknowns, 5 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Dixie PitClayProducer
J F Crow ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
Nesbitt Lake Manganese ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1980
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Angel in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2018: 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002LightningAngel1 hurtCalhoun County 911 reported that a 53-year-old man was struck by lightning in Angel while working on a car. The man was knocked unconscious and was reportedly not breathing when emergency personnel arrived. The man was transported to the hospital where he was discharged later that evening.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAngel-Power lines downed at the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Post Oak Road.
March 2012Heavy RainAngel-Heavy rainfall led to minor flooding in several areas along Angel Drive.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Cedar Springs1.1 miles17
Prickettville1.5 miles17
Sulphur Springs1.5 miles17
West Point1.6 miles17
Leydens Mill2.3 miles17
Pleasant Valley (historical)2.5 miles17
Mack (historical)2.6 miles17
Mount Polk3.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157877. 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.

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.