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Happy Hollow, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gadsden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35954. It lies near Moragne Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden West quadrangle.

Happy Hollow within Etowah County

On record in Happy Hollow

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

147 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Happy Hollow between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,806 acres in total. None started naturally. 87 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/incendiarism87
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190907-7
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-9
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Happy Hollow: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
Republic Steel Corp. PlantSulfurPast Producer
Carroll QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Osborn Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Osborn Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 1IronOccurrence
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 2IronOccurrence
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 3IronOccurrence
Gadsen Area MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Greasy Cove Area ProspectIronOccurrence
Hanna Steel/ Gadsden, Ala.IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Attalla0.7 miles22
Moragne1.0 miles22
Bennettsville (historical)1.1 miles22
Norton1.3 miles22
Stowers Hill1.5 miles22
Rhea (historical)1.6 miles22
Ridgeville1.7 miles22
Walnut Park2.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149062. 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.