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Cheaha Acres, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36203. It stands on Wolfskull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Cheaha Acres within Calhoun 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.

Fires near this place

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Cheaha Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,082 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
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
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaFIRE BALL
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaSHOTGUN SHELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cheaha Acres: 12 unknowns, 11 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Skinner DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Amminston AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Not Known, Anniston AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Skinner Pit No. 2IronPast Producer
Skinner Pit No. 3IronPast Producer
Skinner Pit No. 4IronPast Producer
Skinner Pit-No. 1IronPast Producer
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIronPast 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
Chinnabee (historical)0.7 miles21
Jo Dell1.5 miles21
House (historical)1.6 miles21
Lakeview1.7 miles21
Friendship1.8 miles21
Oxford1.9 miles21
Blue Pond1.9 miles21
Meadowbrook2.2 miles21

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 Q122551230The 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 162152. 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.