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Doolans, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. The Survey maps it on the Boaz quadrangle.

Doolans within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Doolans between 1998 and 2016, burning about 520 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-6
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2011Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission29 N/LESTER RD, AL
29 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 May 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionFIRE TOWER RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Doolans: 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. 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 H Vanzandt ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Union1.2 miles23
Greer (historical)2.7 miles23
Skyhaven Estates3.1 miles23
Alice3.9 miles23
Sardis City4.0 miles22
Aurora4.1 miles19
Mountainboro4.1 miles23
Midway4.5 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 Q122566549The 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 149047. 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.