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Cane Creek, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Anniston census division. The Survey maps it on the Francis Mill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cane Creek within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

109 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Cane Creek (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,819 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 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
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-13
22 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cane Creek (historical): 12 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Coosa Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mohawk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1949
Pelham Range Lead ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Brook MountainIronUnknown
Cane Creek MinesIronPast Producer1840
Cane Creek MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

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
Womack (historical)1.2 miles24
Zula (historical)1.5 miles19
Polkville (historical)2.2 miles19
Boozer (historical)2.3 miles24
Boiling Springs2.3 miles24
Timmons Springs (historical)2.7 miles24
Morrisville2.7 miles19
Ragan Chapel3.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166219. 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.