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Crows Camp, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It lies near Hayes Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crows Camp within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

93 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Crows Camp (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 2,407 acres in total. None started naturally. 60 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/incendiarism60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning13
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180903-5
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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 Crows Camp (historical): 4 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, 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
Bumpass Creek TripoliSilicaOccurrence1962
H ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
K ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Tva PitAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
I ProspectAluminumProspect
L ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Chickasaw (historical)2.4 miles18
Riverton2.6 miles18
Walker (historical)4.6 miles19
Lane Springs5.5 miles19
Caryton (historical)5.9 miles19
Georgetown6.6 miles19
Doubleheads Village (historical)7.1 miles19
Mhoontown7.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132857. 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.