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Hatchet Creek, 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 35160. It stands on East Fork Hatchet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bulls Gap quadrangle.

Hatchet Creek 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

138 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Hatchet Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,286 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1995Arson/incendiarism30 acresNational Forests in AlabamaFLAT WOODS
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism52 acresNational Forests in AlabamaGEORGIA ASTER
30 September 2016Debris and open burning74 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-16
30 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaTL 615
22 September 2018Recreation and ceremony50 acresNational Forests in AlabamaBOULDER
18 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaGUINN
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hatchet Creek: 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Gold, Iron, Copper. 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 Main DepositSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1962
Jasper Williams ProspectSulfur, Sulfuric AcidOccurrence
Simmons Clay ProspectClayProspect
Superior FlakeGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1920
Garrett ProspectCopper, SulfurProspect
Mcghee ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1850

Every working 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
Gage2.2 miles23
Chambers Springs3.4 miles22
Glades3.5 miles14
Roselle4.0 miles23
Shady Grove5.4 miles23
Carr Mill5.8 miles14
Millerville7.1 miles14
High Pine7.2 miles15

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 Q122552460The 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 162013. 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.