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Kali-Oka Springs, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36571. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle.

Kali-Oka Springs within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

241 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Kali-Oka Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,553 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 114 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/incendiarism114
Debris and open burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-7
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180829-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kali-Oka Springs: 9 producers, 2 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Smith PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Mob 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Mob 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brunson Number 5 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Dirt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
George Knapp Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Northwood Estates1.1 miles27
Oak Grove1.9 miles27
Spanish Trace2.3 miles30
Mauvilla2.4 miles27
Celeste2.9 miles22
Kushla2.9 miles27
Smithtown3.3 miles27
Shelton Beach Estates3.9 miles30

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 Q122598725The 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 143458. 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.