Ladiga, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Glade Branch. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Ladiga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,274 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 144 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/incendiarism | 144 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #2 |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OFF HWY 278, AL |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160904-4 |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 49 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Ladiga: 16 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 11 prospects, 10 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Cobalt, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dupont | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Harbour and Thompson Prospects | Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Hughes Deposits | Manganese, Cobalt | Past Producer | Wad | |
| Stewart Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stock Property | Manganese, Stone | Prospect | 1949 | |
| Cowan Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Prospect | 1949 | |
| Hughes Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Prospect | 1953 | |
| Harbour Property | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Thompson Property | Cobalt, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Toll Property,Goshen Valley | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ladiga in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ladiga | $5,000 | A small portable metal shed was destroyed and blown across US-278 into the parking lot of a nearby gas station. A few trees were blown down, and a few homes suffered shingle damage. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Goshen Center (historical) | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Philadelphia | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Goshen (historical) | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Piedmont | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Vigo | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dailey (historical) | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Piedmont Springs | 5.8 miles | 16 |
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 Q122557033 | The 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 159905. 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.







