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Coldwater, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36203. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle.

Coldwater within Calhoun County

On record in Coldwater

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

153 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Coldwater between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,502 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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 burning65
Arson/incendiarism42
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Coldwater: 7 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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
Giles Myric MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Glencoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer Iron Ore MinesIronPast Producer1850, 1943
John Bruce'sIronPast ProducerResidual
No NameIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coldwater in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2008Thunderstorm WindColdwater$10,000A grocery store sustained roof damage, in the Coldwater Community.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindColdwater-Several trees uprooted across Cathy Avenue as well as on a structure near Brickhouse Road.
March 2022Flash FloodColdwater-Widespread flooding in the cities of Oxford and Anniston in far southern Calhoun County. Choccolocco Creek out of its banks which resulted in several homes flooded. Water several feet deep on both side of Interstate 20 with five vehicles submerged. An nearby ASOS (KANB) reported 3.47 inches of rainfall in a 4 hour period.
June 2005HailColdwater-Penny size was reported in the Coldwater community.
March 2015HailColdwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Knoxville1.2 miles21
Gauldinville2.5 miles21
New Haven2.6 miles21
Trinity2.6 miles21
Burns Crossroad2.6 miles21
Vinnette2.8 miles19
McKibben2.8 miles21
Meadowbrook2.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159427. 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.