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Hacoda, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Samson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36453. It stands on Bridge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hacoda quadrangle. It stands 154 feet above sea level.

Hacoda within Geneva County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Hacoda between 1994 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
24 September 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-5
19 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2015Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150830-001
18 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionI-65 MM 119, AL
1 August 2010Arson/incendiarism27 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionI-10 MM 59, AL
27 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionI-65N @ MM 118/119, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geneva County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hacoda: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Marianna and Ocala Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Cov 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Gen 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Geneva County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hacoda in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindHacoda$10,000A tree was blown down on a pickup near Hacoda. A picture was submitted on social media. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHacoda$2,000A power line was blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHacoda$1,000Power outages were reported in the area due to trees on power lines. The public also estimated wind gusts of 55-60 mph in the area.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHacoda$1,000Trees were blown down onto power lines resulting in power outages along Wedsel Road south of Julius Road.
April 2014FloodHacoda-The media reported some flooding on Gopher Ridge Road.
March 2005HailHacoda-The Geneva County EMA reported egg size hail on Highway 54 at Flat Creek.

Every storm recorded in Geneva 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
Ganer3.2 miles8
Earlytown4.2 miles8
Pera5.7 miles8
Weeks5.9 miles8
Lowery6.5 miles8
Samson6.9 miles8
Piney Grove8.9 miles8
Sellersville9.4 miles8

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 HacodaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058468The 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 119536. 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.