Apalatchukla, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It stands on Uchee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Benning quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Apalatchukla within Russell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

1908 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1929 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:48000
1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Fort Benning quadrangle1:24000
1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Fort Benning quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Apalatchukla (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 June 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160607-1
4 June 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 June 1998	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 May 2000	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Apalatchukla (historical): 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Pit Number 7	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Uchee Creek Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Uchee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Russell 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Yuchi (historical)	0.9 miles	23
Uchi (historical)	1.0 miles	23
Oswichee	2.6 miles	20
Fort Mitchell	4.8 miles	20
Holy Trinity	5.4 miles	10
Flournoys	6.0 miles	20
Nuckols	6.0 miles	20
Loflin	7.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155329. 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.