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Malone, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36276. It stands on No Business Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wadley North quadrangle.

Malone within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

122 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Malone between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,486 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 30 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-8
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-5
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Malone: 18 past producers, 15 prospects, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Arsenic. 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
Goldberg ProspectArsenic, Gold, Iron, LeadProspect
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Teakle MineGold, Arsenic, ZincOccurrenceVein
Teakle MineGold, SulfidesPast Producer1890, 1935
Teakle ProspectArsenic, Gold, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
Unnamed MineZinc, Copper, Arsenic, LeadPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectZinc, Lead, Arsenic, CopperProspect
Walker MineLead, Zinc, ArsenicPast Producer
Worthy - Walker ProspectArsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrenceUnderground
Worthy-Walker MineGold, Arsenic, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malone in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2020FloodMalone1 hurtSeveral road washed out across northern Randolph County with 3-4 inches of rainfall reported during the event. One person injured when driving into area where road washed out.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMalone$1,000Two trees were blown down onto CR-15, on the east side of the river bridge, near the Malone community.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMalone-Several trees uprooted along County Roads 15, 26, and 49.
March 2015HailMalone-no account filed
April 2011HailMalone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Forester Chapel3.5 miles12
Almond4.1 miles12
Friendship5.3 miles11
Louina5.4 miles11
Wadley5.4 miles11
Harmon Crossroads5.5 miles11
Mount Olive6.0 miles11
Concord6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156649. 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.