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Mink, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. The Survey maps it on the Colvin Gap quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mink within Calhoun 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

265 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Mink (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,578 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 90 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 burning92
Arson/incendiarism90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism165 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionDRY CREEK FIRE
5 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-6
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-11
29 September 2000Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Mink (historical): 16 occurrences, 16 unknowns, 10 past producers, 5 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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
Frame MineClayProducer
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
Nesbitt Lake Manganese ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1980
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Ezzell ProspectManganeseProspect1949
Knighten DepositManganeseOccurrenceWad
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Adelia (historical)1.3 miles18
Pleasant Valley (historical)2.5 miles17
Asberry2.6 miles16
Irene (historical)2.8 miles18
Colvins Gap2.8 miles18
Possum Trot2.9 miles17
New Liberty3.0 miles18
Tredegar3.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140965. 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.