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Copenhagen, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bridgeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35740. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridgeport quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Copenhagen within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Copenhagen (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,373 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-1
14 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning25 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
16 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Copenhagen (historical): 2 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Iron, Silica. 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
(Facility) Bridgeport Jv SmelterIron, SilicaPlant
Jac 14 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Richard City Quarry Penn-Dixie Cement Corp.Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Thomas and AssociatesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Jasper JobStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Richard City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Battery Hill2.3 miles24
Rocky Springs2.4 miles23
Bridgeport2.6 miles24
Summer Bluff2.8 miles23
Long Island2.9 miles24
Cumberland Junction3.6 miles23
Montague4.1 miles23
Mount Carmel4.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139143. 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.