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Choccolocco, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It stands on Egoniaga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Choccolocco quadrangle. 2,838 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.

Choccolocco within Calhoun County

Population over time

2 figures

Choccolocco grew from 2,804 to 2,838 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
20102,804
20202,838+34 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Borders-Blackman House, DeArmanville-Choccolocco Road, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL
Borders-Blackman House, DeArmanville-Choccolocco Road, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Choccolocco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,768 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
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
5 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-16
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTRAILHEAD
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in Alabamanot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMountain Longleaf National Wildlife RefugeFREDRICK HILL FIRE
15 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160915-13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Choccolocco: 19 unknowns, 10 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
De Armanville ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Norton No.2 PropertyManganeseProspect1942
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Baker-Rhodes ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Hudson ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bennett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Choccolocco in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
August 2008Tornado (EF1)Choccolocco$150,000The tornado touched down on Cross Creek Road, just east of Choccolocco Road. It then moved north-northwestward, roughly parallel to Choccolocco Road, and lifted near the intersection of Choccolocco Road and Cobb Road. One auto shop was destroyed and two houses sustained moderate damage. Additionally, one home suffered light damage and 50 to 100 trees were snapped off or uprooted along the path. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindChoccolocco-Pines lines downed near the Pinehill Golf Club.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindChoccolocco-A large tree fell on a residence along Reneau St, causing roof damage.
March 2018HailChoccolocco-no account filed
September 2017HailChoccolocco-no account filed

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Harmony0.9 miles19
Iron City2.2 miles19
Tooktocaugee (historical)2.4 miles19
Holly Springs2.6 miles19
Old Davisville2.6 miles19
Joseph Springs3.0 miles19
DeArmanville3.4 miles19
Pleasant Ridge3.5 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.

Wikipedia article on ChoccoloccoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1292059The 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 159400. 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.