Chinnabee, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. It lies near Horse Creek Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ironaton quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ironaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Ironaton quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Ironaton quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Ironaton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
273 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Chinnabee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,681 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 113 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 | 113 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | IRONATON ROAD, AL |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180924-3 |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chinnabee: 6 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Ore Beds | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Jone's Limonite Banks | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Uncertain, Ironaton District | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Uncertain, Ironaton District | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Uncertain, Ironton District | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Uncertain, Tronaton District | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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.
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 Chinnabee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104879749 | 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 159395. 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.








