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Kahatchee, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35044. It lies near Cohabie Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wilsonville quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.

Kahatchee within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Kahatchee between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,931 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism8.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-24
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-11
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama 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 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kahatchee: 13 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Butler Estate MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Childersburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sylacuga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adair & Brewer DiggingsIronPast ProducerResidual
Cliett ProspectIronProspect
Mcpherson's BankIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kahatchee in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2010Flash FloodKahatchee$5,000Six inches of water was flowing over McGowans Ferry Road near the Fayetteville community.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKahatchee$2,000Several trees were blown down in the Lay Lake Community.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindKahatchee$1,000Between Childersburg and Fayetteville, one tree was blown down and blocked Childersburg-Fayetteville Highway at the entrance to Flagpole Mountain Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindKahatchee-Multiple trees uprooted and power lines downed near McGowan's Ferry and Heasletts Road.
July 2023Flash FloodKahatchee-Lay Lake Fire Department reported McGowans Ferry Road flooded and impassable near County Road 33.

Every storm 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
Mount Sharon0.6 miles25
Fayetteville3.9 miles25
Deans4.5 miles25
Center Hill5.2 miles23
Cospers Bend5.3 miles21
Grove Park5.4 miles19
Minor Terrace5.7 miles19
Bon Air5.7 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on KahatcheeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18392861The 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 164208. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.