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.
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
- Crowell-Cantey-Alexander House, State Road 165, Fort Mitchellfederal building survey, 15 photographs
- Old Post Office, Fort Mitchellfederal building survey, 4 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1914 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Fort Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Fort Mitchell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Seale quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
210 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-9 |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-4 |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-11 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-13 |
| 16 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 4 Mines | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chattahoochee River Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Dixieland Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Placer | |
| Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Phenix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Uchee Creek Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Uchee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuckols | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Flournoys | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Brickyard | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Uchi (historical) | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Oswichee | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lato | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Apalatchukla (historical) | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Yuchi (historical) | 5.5 miles | 23 |
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 Mitchell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2301029 | The 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.








