Antioch, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35959. It stands on Little River. The Survey maps it on the Centre quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Centre quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
174 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1995 and 2019, burning about 2,557 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 113 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 113 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-23 |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20120929-001 |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Antioch: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylesville Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Little River Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Round Mountain Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Round Mt. Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch Estates | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Shangrila | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Bluff | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Cornwall | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Round Mountain | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cornwall Furnace | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Pathkiller Cove | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hurley | 3.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113101. 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.








