DeArmanville, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of DeArmanville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 989 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140930-001 |
| 15 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160915-13 |
| 13 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 585 |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | HORSE BLOCK |
| 22 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of DeArmanville: 17 unknowns, 10 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| De Armanville Prospect | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Not Known, Ammiston Area | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Anniston Pits | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Norton No.2 Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Oxford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Baker-Rhodes Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Hudson Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Austin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names DeArmanville in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dearmanville | $5,000 | Building damage was reported in Dearmanville in southwest 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Holly Springs | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Golden Springs | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Boiling Spring | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Harmony | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Blue Pond | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Choccolocco | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hicks | 3.4 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on DeArmanville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12889432 | The 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 159491. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







