Blackankle, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Scottsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35752. It lies near Dudley Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Scottsboro quadrangle.

Blackankle within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1936 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Blackankle between 1998 and 2019, burning about 229 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism	9
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
17 September 1998	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160916-2
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150803-004
13 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2008	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CO RD 42, AL
16 July 2008	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CO RD 42, HOLLYWOOD AL, AL
24 May 2011	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 279,254, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blackankle: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Hollywood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Jackson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Pikeville	0.9 miles	21
Berrys (historical)	1.6 miles	21
Fairfield (historical)	1.9 miles	21
Hollywood	3.0 miles	23
Tupelo	3.0 miles	24
Kyles	3.5 miles	24
Maynard Cove	4.1 miles	24
Bellefonte	4.7 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156069. 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.