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Four Mile, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36206. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

Four Mile within Calhoun County

On record in Four Mile

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

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

209 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Four Mile between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,857 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 40 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Debris and open burning61
Arson/incendiarism40
Recreation and ceremony23
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 94-10
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMountain Longleaf National Wildlife RefugeFREDRICK HILL FIRE
20 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Four Mile: 23 unknowns, 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Martha Stone ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
J F Crow ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Kitchens ProspectAluminumProspect
Peaceburg Alumina ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Walker PitsAluminumPast Producer
Cal 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Dixie PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
June Bug (historical)1.2 miles17
Bonny Brook1.2 miles17
Whites Gap1.9 miles18
Weaver2.3 miles17
Booker T City2.3 miles17
Sherman Heights2.7 miles19
Betta-Life2.8 miles17
Pelham Heights2.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140892. 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.