Mecca, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Killen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35634. It stands on Cowpen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pruitton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mecca within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Pruitton quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Pruitton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

151 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Mecca (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 971 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 63 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/incendiarism	63
Debris and open burning	57
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20140925-004
23 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	8756 COUNTY RD 61, AL
20 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190915-6
15 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	9.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mecca (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Lime Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
McKinney Mine	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McGee (historical)	2.2 miles	17
Arnot (historical)	2.5 miles	17
Green Hill	2.9 miles	17
Stutts (historical)	3.1 miles	17
Pruitton	3.5 miles	17
Upper Green Hill	3.6 miles	17
Atlas (historical)	4.0 miles	17
Parkertown	4.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142101. 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.