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Gage, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. It lies near McGehee Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bulls Gap quadrangle.

Gage within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

131 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Gage between 1993 and 2018, burning about 3,411 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 47 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/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning74 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-16
30 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionMINES ROAD, AL
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Recreation and ceremony50 acresNational Forests in AlabamaBOULDER
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180902-1
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180918-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay 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 Gage: 24 past producers, 12 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Copper, Mica, Gold. 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
A S Bell Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence
Harall Gold MineGold, Silver, IronPast Producer1846
Harall MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hatchet Creek CopperCopper, Molybdenum, BismuthProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Hatchet Creek Prospect - West MillervilleIron, Copper, SulfurOccurrence1963
Hatchet Creek Prospect Main DepositSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1962
Simmons Clay ProspectClayProspect
South Queneldo AreaGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
Stringfellow ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, CopperOccurrence1854
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gage in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 tornado. 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
January 2023Tornado (EF0)Gage-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Clay County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 85 mph. The tornado touched down along the eastern slopes of Horne Mountain in the Talladega National Forest. Most of the timber damage was uprooted softwood trees in the National Forest along forest roads , but there were also some uprooted along Horns Valley Road and County Roads 7 and 18, with one tree falling on a barn. A few more softwood trees were uprooted along Highway 77 near Antioch Road, before the tornado quickly dissipated.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Gage-A brief tornado, with maximum winds of 80 mph, touched down approximately 3.9 miles northwest of the community of Millerville, just south of Mines Road. The tornado continued north across Mines road and uprooted several hardwood trees along this road.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Hatchet Creek2.2 miles23
Glades2.4 miles14
Chambers Springs3.8 miles22
Carr Mill4.1 miles14
Roselle4.9 miles23
High Pine5.0 miles15
Shady Grove5.3 miles23
Millerville5.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162008. 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.