BlockCherokee Village, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Luverne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36071. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luverne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Luverne quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Cherokee Village between 1994 and 2019, burning about 678 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170905-1 |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NEAR SPRINGHILL RD., AL |
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 10, AL |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170912-1 |
| 12 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Cherokee Village: 17 unknowns, 7 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutledge | 1.4 miles | 7 | |
| Robinson Crossroads | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ivy Creek | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Moodys Crossroads | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| Vernledge | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Centenary | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Luverne | 4.0 miles | 7 | |
| Fullers Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116006. 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.