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Howells Cove, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Chapple Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sleeping Giant quadrangle.

Howells Cove within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

520 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of Howells Cove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,043 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 141 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 burning211
Arson/incendiarism141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Recreation and ceremony56
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Natural4
Fireworks1

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 burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Howells Cove: 7 unknowns, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Lawson Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
No NameIronPast ProducerResidual
Poor House Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
Rozelle-Holmes MineIronPast Producer
T.I. & S. Co. MineIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Bethel1.4 miles21
Tucktown2.0 miles21
Pleasant Grove2.2 miles24
Shocco Springs2.9 miles21
Windsong Island3.4 miles24
Wendy Wood3.5 miles24
Stemley3.8 miles24
Pulliamville4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144855. 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.