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Bauxite, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It lies near Suzanne Davis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle.

Bauxite within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Bauxite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,611 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 212 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/incendiarism212
Debris and open burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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 2005Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 131 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 131 workings within 5 miles of Bauxite: 57 unknowns, 53 past producers, 12 prospects, 9 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
MccollumManganese, Nickel, CobaltUnknownResidual
Pope-Brittain DepositManganese, Iron, CobaltProspectWad
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, Cobalt, IronPast Producer1938
About 8 Mines and ProspectsManganese, CobaltOccurrenceHollandite
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Gorman ProspectsCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1930
Mccollum Prospect Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
North Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Northeastern AlababaCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1918

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Rock Run2.3 miles18
Adams Crossroads2.6 miles18
Forney2.7 miles18
Sandy Springs2.7 miles18
Sidhart (historical)2.9 miles18
Bluffton3.0 miles18
Hanson3.1 miles18
Tecumseh3.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136836. 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.