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Eastaboga, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 36260. The Survey maps it on the Eastaboga quadrangle. It stands 587 feet above sea level.

Eastaboga within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

131 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Eastaboga between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,151 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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 burning44
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Other causes2

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
7 September 2020Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200907-2
7 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning9.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Eastaboga: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Giles Myric MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducerQuartz
John Bruce'sIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastaboga in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Flash FloodEastaboga-Four to six inches of rainfall resulted in several roads becoming impassable, including portions of U.S. Highway 78 between Oxford and Eastaboga, and portions of Alabama Highway 21 between Oxford and Munford. All lanes of U.S. Highway 21 south of Oxford were impassable and a stranded motorist was rescued from the high waters. Additionally, during the early afternoon hours on May 18th, a 15 year old male was swept into the swift moving, elevated waters in a culvert and rescued several hundred feet downstream, suffering indirect minor injuries.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEastaboga-A few trees were reported down blocking Fish Hatchery Road.

Every storm recorded in 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
De Soto Manor2.8 miles21
Blue Eye (historical)2.9 miles24
Bynum3.2 miles21
Tarsus (historical)3.6 miles21
Burns Crossroad4.3 miles21
Meade (historical)4.4 miles19
Gauldinville5.3 miles21
Vinnette5.6 miles19

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 EastabogaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476703The 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 157941. 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.