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Masingale, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gadsden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35903. It lies near Keeling Island. The Survey maps it on the Glencoe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Masingale within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Masingale (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,386 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony4
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 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Recreation and ceremony25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGLENN ST., AL
11 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 1995Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Masingale (historical): 19 past producers, 8 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Republic Steel Corp. PlantSulfurPast Producer
Southside PitClayPast Producer
Anniston, Fort Payne, Ashville, Ala.Kaolin, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite, Kaolin
Ne Alabama Bauxite-KaolinKaolin, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Grady NortonManganesePast Producer1917
Norton DepositManganesePast ProducerSurface
Pryor Mine/Norton Deposit/Davis GapIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Whorton Bend PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Burns Park1.4 miles18
Glencoe2.2 miles18
Clubview Heights2.4 miles22
Nisbit (historical)2.5 miles18
East Gadsden2.5 miles18
Pine Grove3.0 miles18
Goodyear3.0 miles18
Keysburg3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166209. 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.