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Aucheucaula, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35151. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shelby quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Aucheucaula within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

151 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Aucheucaula (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,260 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 47 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/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-33
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-2
27 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-6
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Aucheucaula (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
A and B MineBarium-BariteProducer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Hidden Valley2.3 miles13
Sehoya3.2 miles13
Marble Valley3.5 miles25
Blue Springs4.0 miles25
Quinsey5.5 miles13
Gold Branch6.8 miles13
Strickland Crossroads7.2 miles25
Unity8.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157802. 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.