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Hanson, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35960. It lies near Poplar Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle.

Hanson within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

336 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Hanson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,955 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 222 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/incendiarism222
Debris and open burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2002Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-009
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism31 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Hanson: 44 past producers, 14 unknowns, 10 prospects, 9 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Kaolin. 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
Gorman ProspectsCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1930
MccollumManganese, Nickel, CobaltUnknownResidual
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, Cobalt, IronPast Producer1938
Alabama Company PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1874, 1918
Mccollum Prospect Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Price Rowland DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1938
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Smith Iron DepositsIron, ManganesePast Producer1949
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891

Every working 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
Forney2.0 miles18
McCord Crossroads3.0 miles18
Bauxite3.1 miles18
Adams Crossroads3.4 miles18
Sandy Springs4.1 miles18
Bluffton5.3 miles18
Rock Run5.4 miles18
Whorton5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136906. 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.