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Cox Beach, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36572. It stands on Steele Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chickasaw quadrangle.

Cox Beach within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

107 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Cox Beach between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,064 acres in total. None started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150906-002
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150918-005
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150917-003
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile 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 Cox Beach: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
George Knapp Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Junior Acres0.6 miles30
Satsuma0.9 miles30
Pennsylvania1.5 miles30
Williams Heights1.8 miles30
Little Pines1.9 miles30
Mackies2.0 miles30
Saraland2.7 miles30
Creola2.7 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122562662The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116775. 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.