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Ellisville, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Centre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle. It stands 581 feet above sea level.

Ellisville within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

240 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Ellisville between 1995 and 2019, burning about 5,656 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 156 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/incendiarism156
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-7
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-11
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-13
6 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-13
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO. RD. 168, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ellisville: 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Kaolin, Water, Free. 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
Che 9 Clay ProspectClayProspect
DupontAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1897
Johnson ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Frog MountainIronUnknown
Unknown, Frog Mt & Weems BankIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed, Craig Mt & Frog Mt.IronPast ProducerResidual
Garvin ProspectAluminumProspect
Old and New Stewart ProspectsAluminumProspect

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
Coloma (historical)1.0 miles18
Pope1.5 miles18
Old Coloma2.4 miles18
Mona (historical)2.8 miles18
Bomar3.4 miles18
Exie3.4 miles18
Frog Mountain3.5 miles18
Sanford Springs3.8 miles18

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 EllisvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19879607The 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 117952. 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.