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Halls Chapel, 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 36277. It stands on Cave Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

Halls Chapel within Calhoun County

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

187 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Halls Chapel between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,170 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning56
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
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 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 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 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Halls Chapel: 20 unknowns, 16 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Lead, Barium-Barite. 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
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
Peaceburg Alumina ProspectAluminumOccurrence
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Braughton ProspectLeadPast ProducerSurface
Bud Clark MineBarium-BaritePast Producer

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
Blue Springs1.6 miles17
Mahlep1.8 miles19
Weaver1.9 miles17
Bush2.2 miles19
Hillcrest2.3 miles19
Lenlock2.3 miles19
Melrose2.3 miles18
Blue Springs (historical)2.5 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122595147The 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 140909. 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.