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Chulafinnee, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Heflin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36264. It stands on Turner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hollis Crossroads quadrangle.

Chulafinnee within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Chulafinnee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,215 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 60 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/incendiarism60
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6

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
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170914-1
13 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-13
12 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Natural47 acresNational Forests in AlabamaSUNDAY
31 August 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160831-5
30 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresNational Forests in Alabama839

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Chulafinnee: 25 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
C H Mitchell MineArsenic, LeadPast Producer
Chulafinnee Copper AnomolyCopperOccurrence1964
Howle ProspectBeryllium, MicaOccurrence
King MineGold, QuartzPast ProducerVein
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Chulafinnee Placer MinesGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerPlacer
Farmer Supply Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
G.E. Webb Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Abel Gap Iron Ore MineIronPast ProducerGoethite
Abel Gap MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chulafinnee in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 (EF2)Chulafinnee$100,000The tornado touched down on US-431, about a half mile south of the intersection with AL-281. It then moved northwestward, along and just east of US-431, and lifted just before reaching AL-281. One gas station/convenience store and one auto body shop were significantly damaged. Approximately 100 to 200 trees were snapped off or were uprooted along the damage path. This tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindChulafinnee$10,000A tree fell onto a house, several chicken houses were damaged, and several power lines were blown down, in the Five Points area.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindChulafinnee-Trees were downed around Hollis Crossroads.
March 2025Flash FloodChulafinnee-At least five roadways were washed out in the Hollis Crossroads area.
May 2003HailChulafinnee-Penny size hail was reported west of Chulafinnee in the Abel community.
June 2022HailChulafinnee-no account filed
April 2017HailChulafinnee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Hollis Crossroads1.6 miles17
Five Points3.1 miles17
Abel3.4 miles17
Belltown4.6 miles17
Micaville6.6 miles13
Gold Hill7.0 miles17
Cleburne7.2 miles19
Arbacoochee (historical)7.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159405. 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.