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Noojinsville, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hokes Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35903. It stands on Big Cove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden East quadrangle.

Noojinsville within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

52 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Noojinsville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,026 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-3
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Recreation and ceremony25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGLENN ST., AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Noojinsville: 12 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Anniston, Fort Payne, Ashville, Ala.Kaolin, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite, Kaolin
Ne Alabama Bauxite-KaolinKaolin, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Black Bros. S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boatfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Open PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Daisy MineIronPast Producer
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect N0 2IronOccurrence
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect No 1IronOccurrence
Etowah No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Etowah No. 2 MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Ewing1.0 miles18
Burns Park2.3 miles18
Edwardsville2.6 miles18
East Gadsden2.7 miles18
Hokes Bluff2.8 miles18
Bachelors Chapel2.8 miles19
Smiths Crossroads2.9 miles18
Glencoe3.2 miles18

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 Q122570328The 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 149097. 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.