BlockDoubleheads Village, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Moon Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1924 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Doubleheads Village (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 948 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.3 acres | Natchez Trace Parkway | CHUCKWAGON COMPLEX |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 4685 COUNTY ROAD 189, AL |
| 16 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160916-1 |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Doubleheads Village (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mhoontown | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Georgetown | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lane Springs | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Newport (historical) | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ingleton (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Cherokee | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Chisca | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Buzzard Roost | 5.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132863. 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.