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Chepultepec, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oneonta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It stands on Harris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oneonta quadrangle.

Chepultepec within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Chepultepec between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,790 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160913-2
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Chepultepec: 14 prospects, 13 occurrences, 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Clay, Calcium. 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
Champion MinesIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1885, 1945
Graystone PlantCalciumProducer
Blo 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Blo 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganese, IronProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Champion Brown Ore BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
Champion MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Allgood1.0 miles21
Mattawana1.3 miles20
Graystone1.7 miles21
Armstead2.2 miles21
Eastwood3.2 miles20
Oneonta3.3 miles20
Champion3.4 miles20
Highland Lake4.2 miles20

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 Q122539946The 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 156171. 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.