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Jo Dell, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36203. It stands on Wolfskull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Jo Dell within Calhoun County

On record in Jo Dell

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 3 records

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

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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Jo Dell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,800 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Jo Dell: 16 unknowns, 13 past producers, 7 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, Clay. 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
Anniston PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Lackey PitClayProducer
Carter Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
De Armanville ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Eulation Pike DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Parkwin Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Skinner DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Lakeview0.2 miles21
Oxford0.8 miles21
Chinnabee (historical)0.9 miles21
Blue Pond0.9 miles21
Lardent0.9 miles21
Hobson City1.4 miles21
Cheaha Acres1.5 miles21
Boiling Spring1.6 miles21

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 Q122550573The 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 162192. 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.