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Cadle, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Blocton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35184. It stands on Big Ugly Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton East quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cadle within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

306 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Cadle (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,138 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 168 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/incendiarism168
Debris and open burning90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2003Arson/incendiarism24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-2
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Cadle (historical): 13 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Julian Fancher MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Bright HopeIronPast ProducerResidual
BushIronUnknown
Dago HollowIronUnknown
GreeleyIronUnknown
ShamblinIronUnknown
StandifordIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Ardela (historical)0.5 miles19
Nash Town (historical)1.0 miles19
Coleanor1.2 miles19
Piper1.2 miles19
Belle Ellen1.4 miles19
Hargrove (historical)1.5 miles19
Seymour1.8 miles19
New Hargrove (historical)2.3 miles19

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 Q17986193The 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 138361. 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.