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Fort Mitchell, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Phenix City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36856. It stands on Cowpen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Mitchell quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Fort Mitchell within Russell County

On record in Fort Mitchell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Old Post Office, Fort Mitchell, Russell County, AL
Old Post Office, Fort Mitchell, Russell County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchell, Russell County, AL
Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchell, Russell County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

210 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Fort Mitchell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,826 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 burning101
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony24
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

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
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-9
26 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-4
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-11
16 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-13
16 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fort Mitchell: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Clay. 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
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Uchee Creek MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Uchee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell 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
Nuckols1.8 miles20
Flournoys2.1 miles20
Brickyard4.0 miles22
Uchi (historical)4.2 miles23
Oswichee4.4 miles20
Lato4.4 miles20
Apalatchukla (historical)4.8 miles23
Yuchi (historical)5.5 miles23

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 Fort MitchellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2301029The 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 118523. 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.