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Oakfuskudshi, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. It stands on County Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buttston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oakfuskudshi within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Oakfuskudshi (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 472 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning20
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
7 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2000Natural24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Oakfuskudshi (historical): 10 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos. 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
Allen Clay ProspectClayProspect
Heard-Dennis ProspectAsbestosProspect
Clem Vines North ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Clem Vines South ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Garfield Heard PropertyTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Harris ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Knight Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Prather ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Ware ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Buttston1.6 miles11
Hampton1.9 miles10
Everglade2.0 miles11
Matilda (historical)2.1 miles11
Persons Bridge (historical)2.1 miles10
Denver2.7 miles10
Niuyaka (historical)3.1 miles11
Dudleyville4.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 158382. 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.