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Dewey, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35973. It lies near Back Valley. The Survey maps it on the Gaylesville quadrangle.

Dewey within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

435 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 435 fires within 5 miles of Dewey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,774 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 326 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/incendiarism326
Debris and open burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-15
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burning90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Dewey: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
J A Pilgrim Iron MineIronPast Producer
Rilgrim Land AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unknown, Mills Creek AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Cedar Springs (historical)1.6 miles16
Ringgold2.2 miles20
Fullerton2.2 miles16
Broomtown2.5 miles20
Watson3.5 miles20
Rhinehart3.9 miles20
Waterloo Springs4.3 miles20
Starkville (historical)4.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117265. 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.