Fakit Chipunta, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coffeeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36524. It stands on Flat Woods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coffeeville Lock And Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fakit Chipunta within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Coffeeville Lock And Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Fakit Chipunta (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	5
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2019	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190903-1
28 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190928-5
21 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	70 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2000	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fakit Chipunta (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bromine, Zeolites, Fullers Earth. 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
	Cullom Springs Well	Bromine	Occurrence	1884
	Tallahatta Claystone, Silas	Zeolites, Fullers Earth	Prospect	BEDDED

Every working recorded in Clarke 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Coffeeville	3.4 miles	12
West Bend	4.3 miles	12
Tattlersville	6.3 miles	12
Center Point	6.8 miles	12
Cunningham	10.2 miles	12
McEntyre	10.4 miles	7
Smyer	11.1 miles	12
Salitpa	11.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700283. 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.