Chesson, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shorter-Hardaway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36029. The Survey maps it on the Chesson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Chesson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Chesson between 1994 and 2018, burning about 2,433 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140903-001 |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120912-001 |
| 26 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20120826-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chesson: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bul 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chesson in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Chesson | $3,000 | The long tracked tornado that tracked across a large section of Montgomery County made its first of three county line crossings, into Macon County. In this portion of Macon County, the tornado track was just over a mile long, and through a largely rural area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Keys | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hardaway | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Calebee | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| La Place | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Shorter | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Downs | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tysonville | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Liverpool | 9.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122550521 | The 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 116013. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




