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Citico, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Turkeytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35901. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden East quadrangle.

Citico within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

106 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Citico between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,794 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism57
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Citico: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Open PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Citico MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Daisy MineIronPast Producer
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect N0 2IronOccurrence
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect No 1IronOccurrence
Etowah No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Leeth Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Roebuck No. 2 MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citico in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCitico-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCitico-A tree was reported down across Tabor Road, just south of Mt. Pisgah Cemetary.

Every storm recorded in Etowah 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
Anderson0.9 miles18
Upton1.0 miles18
Oakdale1.4 miles18
Whites Chapel1.6 miles18
Sonoma1.6 miles18
Daisy1.7 miles18
Wilsonia1.9 miles18
Turkeytown1.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156180. 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.