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Couch, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Cherry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont NW quadrangle.

Couch within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Couch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,267 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 145 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/incendiarism145
Debris and open burning81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-11
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism165 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionDRY CREEK FIRE
4 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160904-4
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-6
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-11
29 September 2000Natural20 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 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Couch: 16 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 9 prospects, 4 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, 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
Frame MineClayProducer
Greer ProspectGoldOccurrence1881
Industrial Filler Co. MineSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Alabama Mineral Land Co. ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Cowan ProspectManganese, IronProspect1949
Dothard ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Nesbitt Lake Manganese ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1980

Every working 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
Kearney (historical)0.6 miles16
Maxwellborn0.9 miles16
Zuni (historical)0.9 miles16
Prices0.9 miles16
Midway (historical)1.5 miles16
Asberry1.7 miles16
Roy Webb2.0 miles16
Piedmont Springs2.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162855. 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.