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Exie, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It lies near Stubbs Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle.

Exie 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

301 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Exie between 1994 and 2019, burning about 8,305 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 205 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/incendiarism205
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-11
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism36 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOFF HWY 278, AL
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined134 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-13
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Exie: 9 unknowns, 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Cobalt, Iron, Manganese, 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
North Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Northeastern AlababaCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1918
Garvin ProspectAluminumProspect
Old and New Stewart ProspectsAluminumProspect
Stubbs Hill MineAluminumPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Wood PropertyAluminumProspect
Wood PropertyAluminumProspect
Woodward Hollow Prospects 1AluminumProspect
DockageIronUnknown

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
Frog Mountain2.3 miles18
Sanford Springs2.5 miles18
Sandy Springs3.1 miles18
Rock Run3.2 miles18
Mona (historical)3.4 miles18
Ellisville3.4 miles18
Key3.8 miles18
Adams Crossroads3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155798. 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.