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Boxtel, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Altoona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35952. It stands on Samuels Chapel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Altoona quadrangle.

Boxtel within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

74 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Boxtel between 1994 and 2017, burning about 679 acres in total. None 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-30
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-2
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 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

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Boxtel: 15 past producers, 10 prospects, 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt. 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
Cook MineManganese, CobaltPast ProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Greasy CoveManganese, Nickel, CobaltOccurrence
No Name GivenNickel, CobaltOccurrence
Brothers Mill Gap/Moodys GapIronPast Producer
Bynum MineManganesePast Producer1876
Bynum-Mccright DepositManganesePast Producer1917
Collier-Edge DepositManganesePast Producer1942
Garigues GapIronPast Producer
Greasy Cove MinesIronPast Producer
Greasy Cove MinesIronProspectBEDDED

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
Schuler (historical)1.0 miles22
Gallant1.8 miles22
Pana2.0 miles22
Nash (historical)2.1 miles21
Bethlehem2.5 miles21
Clear Springs (historical)2.6 miles21
Nix (historical)2.6 miles21
Hopper2.7 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597514The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140468. 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.