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Little Warrior, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oneonta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35049. It stands on Tally Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. It stands 472 feet above sea level.

Little Warrior within Blount County

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.

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.

Horton Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Warrior River, Oneonta, Blount County, AL
Horton Mill Bridge, Spanning Little Warrior River, Oneonta, Blount County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

99 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Little Warrior between 1994 and 2020, burning about 876 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-1
27 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-15
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130927-001
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Little Warrior: 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Quality Rock PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Village Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
F & W Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nectar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Locust Fork0.9 miles21
Deavers Town1.2 miles21
Hendrick Mill2.7 miles21
Blow Gourd2.8 miles21
Adville2.9 miles21
Clear Springs3.5 miles24
Fairview4.0 miles21
Nectar4.2 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.

Wikipedia article on Little WarriorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18349917The 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 156619. 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.