Nicholson, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Collinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35961. It lies near Dugout Valley. The Survey maps it on the Crossville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nicholson within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Crossville quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Crossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Crossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

101 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Nicholson (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,062 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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	39
Debris and open burning	29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1
Fireworks	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
9 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190909-2
8 September 2002	Debris and open burning	42 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160928-21
23 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160831-7
3 August 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150803-002
27 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150827-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nicholson (historical): 2 past producers. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Collinsville Area, Unnamed	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite
	Unnamed, Red Mt. Area	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Dawson	0.7 miles	21
Copeland Bridge	1.9 miles	21
Fairview	2.0 miles	21
Wills (historical)	2.3 miles	21
Skirum	2.9 miles	21
Larimore (historical)	2.9 miles	22
Cotnam (historical)	3.3 miles	21
Homer (historical)	3.3 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150730. 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.