Hoboken, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Eufaula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It stands on Chewalla Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eufaula North quadrangle.

Hoboken within Barbour County

On record in Hoboken

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 1 record

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

Drewry-Mitchell-Moorer Houselisted 1972 · 0.9 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Eufaula North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Hoboken between 1992 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning	45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-QUITMAN-002
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-QUITMAN-001
28 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2015	Natural	under an acre	Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge	431 SNAG FIRE
15 July 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-QUITMAN-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hoboken: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Eufaula Pit	Aluminum, Kaolin	Past Producer
Barbour Operation Wilson-Snead Mill	Kaolin	Producer
Eufaula Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
McKenzie No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Barbour 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Eufaula	1.4 miles	8
Tullis	2.7 miles	8
Fields (historical)	3.0 miles	8
Lugo	5.1 miles	8
Osco	5.2 miles	8
Big Eddy (historical)	5.5 miles	8
Knowlton (historical)	6.1 miles	7
Wylaunee	6.7 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120164. 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.