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Cordell, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Valley Head-Mentone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35984. It lies near Wade Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Dugout Valley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cordell within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

179 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Cordell (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,542 acres in total. None started naturally. 84 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/incendiarism84
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresLittle River Canyon National PreserveDUNNROAD
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-11
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-2
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined391 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-35
19 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-16
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cordell (historical): 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Clay, Water, Free. 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
Consolidated #2Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Dek 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Allen ProspectIronOccurrence
Jesse Manning ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Lake Howard1.6 miles22
Alpine1.7 miles22
Lakewood2.3 miles22
Valley Head3.1 miles22
Riverdale3.5 miles22
Hammondville3.9 miles22
Fisher Crossroads4.2 miles23
Mentone4.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150670. 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.