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Chisca, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Browns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Margerum quadrangle.

Chisca within Colbert County

On record in Chisca

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

93 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Chisca between 1993 and 2019, burning about 753 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayROCKET
29 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayCHUCKWAGON COMPLEX
23 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNatchez Trace ParkwayMP 318
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural3.5 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayCHEROKEE1
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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 Chisca: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Margerum Bauxite DistrictAluminum, KaolinProspect1921
Cherokee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Margem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Buzzard Roost1.0 miles19
Ingleton (historical)1.7 miles19
Cherokee1.8 miles19
Lime Kiln1.8 miles19
Mount Hester2.4 miles13
Margerum3.3 miles19
Doubleheads Village (historical)4.9 miles19
Mhoontown5.1 miles19

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 Q122569474The 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 132837. 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.