Ingleton, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It lies near Spencer Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Margerum quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ingleton within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1911 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:48000
1911 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:62500
1914 USGS Iuka quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1936 USGS Margerum quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Margerum quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1994 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

109 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Ingleton (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 870 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	36
Arson/incendiarism	32
Debris and open burning	21
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Fireworks	1
Other causes	1
Smoking	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1993	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Natchez Trace Parkway	ROCKET
29 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	5.3 acres	Natchez Trace Parkway	CHUCKWAGON COMPLEX
23 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Natchez Trace Parkway	MP 318
22 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2010	Natural	3.5 acres	Natchez Trace Parkway	CHEROKEE1
19 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ingleton (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Doan Hollow Tripoli Deposit	Silica	Occurrence	Tripoli
Cherokee Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Margem Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Chisca	1.7 miles	19
Buzzard Roost	1.9 miles	19
Lime Kiln	2.0 miles	19
Cherokee	3.0 miles	19
Margerum	3.2 miles	19
Lane Springs	3.7 miles	19
Mount Hester	4.0 miles	13
Doubleheads Village (historical)	4.1 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166020. 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.