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Mauldin, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Altoona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35952. It stands on Hurricane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hyatt Gap quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mauldin within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Mauldin (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 714 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Natural8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-10
21 September 2016Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah 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 Mauldin (historical): 9 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Greasy Cove MinesIronPast Producer
Greasy Cove MinesIronProspectBEDDED
Iron MountainIronUnknown
Taits Gap MinesIronPast Producer1956, 1968
Taits Gap MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Moodys Chapel3.3 miles21
Nix (historical)3.8 miles21
Nash (historical)4.6 miles21
Clear Springs (historical)4.7 miles21
Bethlehem4.8 miles21
Altoona5.3 miles22
Schuler (historical)5.6 miles22
Boxtel6.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166210. 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.