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Fullerton, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35973. It stands on Mills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chattoogaville quadrangle.

Fullerton within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

402 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 402 fires within 5 miles of Fullerton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,748 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 294 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/incendiarism294
Debris and open burning76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-15
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burning90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-017
26 September 2019Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CHATTOOGA009
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama 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 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Fullerton: 9 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Gaylesville AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
J A Pilgrim Iron MineIronPast Producer
Rilgrim Land AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unknown, Mills Creek AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fullerton in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFullerton$1,000Power lines were blown down near the Fullerton community.

Every storm 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
Cedar Springs (historical)0.6 miles16
Dewey2.2 miles20
Hall Valley3.1 miles16
Farill3.4 miles17
Sterling (historical)3.7 miles19
Gaylesville3.9 miles20
Ringgold3.9 miles20
Broomtown4.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118752. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.