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Coato Bend, Alabama

19 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. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ballplay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Coato Bend within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Coato Bend (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,079 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
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 1998Arson/incendiarism53 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-10
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160904-5
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200915-1
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Coato Bend (historical): 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 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
Black Bros. S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boatfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Citico MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Leeth Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Sogna PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working 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
Ballplay2.0 miles19
Mayes Crossroad2.4 miles19
Bachelors Chapel2.6 miles19
Luke2.8 miles18
Hale (historical)2.9 miles19
Sonoma3.4 miles18
Hokes Bluff3.9 miles18
Turkeytown3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140501. 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.