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Micaville, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Heflin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36264. The Survey maps it on the Micaville quadrangle.

Micaville within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

201 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Micaville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,266 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 66 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 burning81
Arson/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning21 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180928-1
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-25
22 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-5
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-18
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Micaville: 46 past producers, 25 prospects, 9 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Copper. 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
G.E. Webb Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Golden Eagle MineGold, ArsenicPast Producer1893
Howle ProspectBeryllium, MicaOccurrence
Johnston ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence
Moss-Back MineCopper, GoldPast Producer1870
Old Woods Copper MineCopper, Zinc, Iron, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Old Woods Cu MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Ran 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect
Stone Hill Cu Mine Et AlCopper, Iron, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Stone Hill MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1874

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Micaville in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2011: 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
May 2003HailMicaville-Quarter size hail fell in and near Micaville.
March 2011HailMicaville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Hollis Crossroads5.4 miles17
Arbacoochee (historical)5.6 miles17
Gold Hill6.2 miles17
Chulafinnee6.6 miles17
Trickem8.0 miles14
Hightower8.1 miles14
Belltown8.1 miles17
Lecta8.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122679. 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.