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Knoxville, 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. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle.

Knoxville within Calhoun County

On record in Knoxville

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

143 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Knoxville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,067 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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 burning64
Arson/incendiarism34
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 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 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Knoxville: 13 unknowns, 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Glencoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lackey PitClayProducer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carter Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Eulation Pike DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Skinner DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer Iron Ore MinesIronPast Producer1850, 1943
John Bruce'sIronPast ProducerResidual

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
Coldwater1.2 miles21
Trinity1.5 miles21
McKibben1.6 miles21
Meadowbrook1.7 miles21
Forest Hills1.8 miles21
House (historical)2.4 miles21
New Haven2.4 miles21
Gauldinville2.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162864. 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.