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Cochrane, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aliceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35442. It stands on Lower Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dancy quadrangle.

Cochrane within Pickens County

On record in Cochrane

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

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.

Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Cochrane, Pickens County, AL
Bridges of the Upper Tombigbee River Valley, Cochrane, Pickens County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cochrane between 1995 and 2014, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission333 JIMS RD, AL
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140704-002
24 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140324-002
3 February 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 February 1996Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 February 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionWESTERVELT RD., AL
2 December 2005Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cochrane: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Gulf State CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Gulf States PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Little H. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cochrane in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
February 2004Thunderstorm WindCochrane$20,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCochrane$1,000A tree was knocked down along Highway 17 near the intersection of Highway 32.
June 2023HailCochrane-no account filed
March 2007HailCochrane-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Clark4.1 miles11
Dancy4.3 miles11
Vienna4.5 miles12
Memphis5.5 miles11
Bridgeville6.4 miles12
Aliceville6.9 miles11
McMullen7.0 miles11
Garden7.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116336. 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.