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Malone, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Cripple Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle.

Malone within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Malone between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,494 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 91 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/incendiarism91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Debris and open burning25
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Fireworks1.0 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayROCKET
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNatchez Trace ParkwayMP 318
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural3.5 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayCHEROKEE1
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Malone: 6 producers, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
MargerumAluminum, Water, FreeUnknownSurface
Margerum Bauxite DistrictAluminum, KaolinProspect1921
Tishomingo Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer1970
Jack Thorne PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A ProspectAluminumProspect
B ProspectAluminumProspect
C ProspectAluminumProspect
Allsboro Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Margem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Allsboro2.0 miles13
Margerum3.6 miles19
Bishop3.9 miles13
Lime Kiln4.5 miles19
Mount Hester4.9 miles13
Buzzard Roost5.0 miles19
Maud5.5 miles13
Burnstown5.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152210. 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.