Arbacoochee, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Heflin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36264. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ross Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Arbacoochee within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Ross Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Ross Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2001 USGS Ross Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

182 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Arbacoochee (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,429 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 100 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	100
Debris and open burning	53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	1
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
4 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190929-4
29 September 2008	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180928-1
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Arbacoochee (historical): 29 past producers, 8 occurrences, 6 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Mica, 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
Anna Howe Mine	Gold, Iron	Past Producer	Gold, Pyrite
Golden Eagle Mine	Gold, Arsenic	Past Producer	1893
Johnston Prospect	Copper, Sulfur	Occurrence
Old Woods Copper Mine	Copper, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur	Past Producer	Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Old Woods Cu Mine	Copper, Sulfur, Zinc	Past Producer
Arbacoochee Placer Mines	Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	1836
Farmer Supply Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
G.E. Webb Gravel Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jim Fleming Mine	Mica	Prospect
Jim Fleming Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Gold Hill	0.9 miles	17
Bell Mills	3.6 miles	14
Lecta	4.6 miles	14
Belltown	5.1 miles	17
Micaville	5.6 miles	13
Trickem	5.8 miles	14
Heflin	6.3 miles	17
Ai	6.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159079. 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.