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Beasley, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ohatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36271. It lies near Point Calhoun. The Survey maps it on the Wellington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Beasley within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

112 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Beasley (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,272 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130908-001
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-13
27 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHIGHWAY 77, AL
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Beasley (historical): 18 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Janey Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Mohawk PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ohatchee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pelham Range Lead ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Coosa Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mohawk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1949
Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Middleton0.9 miles18
Ingram Wells1.5 miles18
Timmons Springs (historical)1.5 miles24
Zula (historical)1.6 miles19
Ohatchee2.1 miles24
Chigger Ridge (historical)2.4 miles18
Morrisville2.5 miles19
Lowrimores Crossroads2.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140804. 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.