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Mack, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. It stands on Rabes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mack within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

206 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Mack (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,229 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 57 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 burning76
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-003
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Mack (historical): 19 past producers, 16 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
C B Allen AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer1850
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

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
Mount Polk0.5 miles17
Sulphur Springs1.5 miles17
Mount Gilead (historical)1.6 miles18
Reads Mill1.9 miles18
Duke2.0 miles18
Crystal Springs2.1 miles18
Prickettville2.4 miles17
Hill Top (historical)2.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140953. 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.