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Chickasaw, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36611. It stands on Gum Tree Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chickasaw quadrangle. 6,457 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 31 feet above sea level.

Chickasaw within Mobile County

On record in Chickasaw

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Chickasaw grew from 6,106 to 6,457 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20106,106
20206,457+351 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

64 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Chickasaw between 1994 and 2017, burning about 617 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150918-005
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150917-003
14 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1675 CR 217, AL
8 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 May 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chickasaw: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Eight Mine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mobile Aluminum Refining PlantAluminumPlant
Oyster Shell Products/Canal PlantCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chickasaw in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Chickasaw$25,000An EF-0 intensity tornado produced a sporadic path of damage in Chickasaw. The tornado touched down just west northwest of Chickasaw High School, producing some minor tree|damage. The tornado crossed South Craft Highway, damaging the roofs of a couple of businesses. The tornado lifted east of Telegraph Road.
August 2004LightningChickasaw$5,000Lightning struck an old train caboose, which is used to house the Chickasaw Chamber of Commerce. The strike caused only minor damage, but the Chamber had to close for a couple of days while repairs were made.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindChickasaw$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees near Elba and Main street.
June 2023Flash FloodChickasaw-Heavy rain caused flooding with vehicles stranded.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindChickasaw-Multiple trees and power lines downed in Chickasaw.
March 2016Flash FloodChickasaw-Water flowing over the road at Oak Street in midtown Mobile.
March 2016Flash FloodChickasaw-Water flowing over the road near Murphy High School.
March 2011Flash FloodChickasaw-Heavy rains flooded roads near intersection of Summerville Court and Upham Street.

Every storm recorded in Mobile 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
North Mobile0.9 miles30
Norwood0.9 miles30
Mauvilla Forest Estates0.9 miles30
Summerville1.3 miles34
Sibert1.5 miles34
Whistler1.6 miles30
Prichard1.7 miles34
Plateau2.0 miles34

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.

Wikipedia article on ChickasawAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q80065The 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 116030. 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.