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Banner, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hokes Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. The Survey maps it on the Ballplay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Banner within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

154 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Banner (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,477 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 81 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/incendiarism81
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-11
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism53 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-10
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Banner (historical): 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Gilley Fluorspar DepositCalcium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1900
Rock Run-Goshen Ala.Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1891, 1923
Boatfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Colvin Mountain-Calhoun CountyIronUnknown
Gilley DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Gilley Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoritePast Producer1900
Sogna PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sparks ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Reaves2.4 miles18
Mayes Crossroad3.2 miles19
Ballplay3.9 miles19
Coato Bend (historical)4.8 miles19
Hokes Bluff4.8 miles18
Bachelors Chapel5.0 miles19
Smiths Crossroads6.4 miles18
Hale (historical)6.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166203. 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.