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Battelle, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Valley Head-Mentone census division. It sits by Eagle Cliff. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle.

Battelle within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

334 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Battelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,087 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 188 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/incendiarism188
Debris and open burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Other causes1

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
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120924-001
20 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 759, VALLEY HEAD ALABAMA, AL
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150902-002
19 September 1993Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150918-002
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-011
14 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Battelle: 13 prospects, 12 occurrences, 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Unnamed ProspectSulfur-PyriteProspect
Blake's Mine Et Al.IronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.C.Mcelroy ProspectIronOccurrence
L.O.Clark ProspectIronOccurrence
Ragon Mining Co. Battelle AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Kaolin1.7 miles23
Sulphur Springs3.4 miles23
Oak Grove3.4 miles21
Mentone5.0 miles22
Townsend Crossroads5.2 miles21
Hammondville5.7 miles22
Gann Crossroad5.9 miles23
Valley Head6.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156036. 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.