Chinnabee, 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. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chinnabee 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.

1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1947 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2001 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Chinnabee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,043 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism	36
Debris and open burning	29
Recreation and ceremony	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	2
Natural	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
30 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NER-20140930-001
23 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	National Forests in Alabama	FIRE BALL
13 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 2000	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 July 2012	Natural	14 acres	National Forests in Alabama	TWIN BRANCHES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Chinnabee (historical): 13 unknowns, 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Lackey Pit	Clay	Producer
Not Known, Ammiston Area	Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Oxford Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Carter Street Deposit	Aluminum, Kaolin	Prospect
Eulation Pike Deposit	Aluminum, Kaolin	Prospect
Skinner Deposit	Aluminum, Kaolin	Prospect
Amminston Area	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Not Known, Anniston Area	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Skinner Pit No. 2	Iron	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cheaha Acres	0.7 miles	21
Jo Dell	0.9 miles	21
Lakeview	1.1 miles	21
Blue Pond	1.2 miles	21
Oxford	1.5 miles	21
Friendship	1.7 miles	21
Boiling Spring	1.8 miles	21
Lardent	1.8 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162846. 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.