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Emuckfaw, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. The Survey maps it on the Daviston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Emuckfaw within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

80 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Emuckfaw (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution21 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140822-001
21 July 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 2016Arson/incendiarism110 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160622-11
21 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionMOUNT SITE, AL
20 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission15825 WILLIAMS RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa 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 Emuckfaw (historical): 4 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides, Titanium, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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
Herzfield ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Jones PitsGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Number Two ProspectArsenic, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Birdsong PitsGoldOccurrenceGold
Goldville DistrictGoldPast Producer1842
Hawthorne MineGoldPast Producer1932, 1933
Lowe Mine Hawthorne MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Unnamed Gold ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Simpson2.2 miles11
Daviston3.4 miles11
Zana4.4 miles11
Zana (historical)4.5 miles11
Truett4.8 miles11
Bethleham (historical)5.0 miles11
Goldville5.2 miles11
New Site5.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150039. 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.