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Dollar, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. It stands on Weogufka Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell Dam NW quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.

Dollar within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

113 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Dollar between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,635 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 28 & 496, AL
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Dollar: 11 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Mica, Graphite. 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
Alum Bluff MinesGold, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPast ProducerVein
Alum Bluff ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Fixico MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1898
Gold Ridge MineGold, Copper, GraphitePast Producer1855
Dean ProspectGraphiteProspect
Fixico MineGraphitePast Producer
Dean ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Dean-Coosa ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Dennis MineMicaPast Producer
Fitzpatrick Mica Prospect No 1MicaProspect

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Hillwood4.6 miles14
Lyle4.8 miles14
Quinsey5.3 miles13
Weogufka (historical)5.5 miles14
Kellys Crossroads5.5 miles14
Moriah5.6 miles14
Travelers Rest6.4 miles14
Schley6.6 miles14

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 DollarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18352188The 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 156275. 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.