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McCannsville, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It lies near Nances Hill. The Survey maps it on the Talladega quadrangle.

McCannsville within Talladega County

On record in McCannsville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

401 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of McCannsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,875 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 148 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/incendiarism148
Debris and open burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Recreation and ceremony26
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Smoking4
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-3
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionIRONATON ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of McCannsville: 12 unknowns, 11 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Sulfides, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Gold Log MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1874
Parsons MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Story MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Riddle's Mill MineGoldProspectVein
Riddle's Mill Mine Gold Log/Story/WoodwardGoldPast ProducerVein
Robb PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Robb PlacerGoldPast Producer
Story MineGoldPast Producer
Jone's Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual
Lawson Limonite BanksIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Moorefield0.5 miles22
Mount Olive Circle1.1 miles22
Talladega1.2 miles22
Jonesville1.4 miles22
Bemiston2.1 miles22
Pulliamville2.1 miles22
Brecon2.2 miles22
Allison Mills2.9 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122590770The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162479. 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.