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Cholocco Litabixee, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. It stands on Emuckfaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buttston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cholocco Litabixee within Tallapoosa County

On record in Cholocco Litabixee

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

6 surveys from 11 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

150 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Cholocco Litabixee (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,354 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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
Debris and open burning68
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-1
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 49, AL
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cholocco Litabixee (historical): 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium. 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
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Goldville PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881
Jennings LodeGoldOccurrenceGold
Johnson ProspectGoldOccurrence1840, 1845
Tapley MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Hamlet (historical)1.4 miles11
Niuyaka (historical)1.8 miles11
Tohopeka2.1 miles11
Matilda (historical)2.7 miles11
Eagle Creek2.8 miles11
Sessions3.4 miles11
Zana (historical)3.5 miles11
Zana3.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137382. 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.