Oka Kapassa, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35674. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuscumbia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oka Kapassa within Colbert County

On record in Oka Kapassa

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Nitrate Village No. 1 Historic Districtlisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Tuscumbia Landing Sitelisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:48000
1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1936 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

91 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Oka Kapassa (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 469 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 burning	34
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
7 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190919-8
18 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	24 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oka Kapassa (historical): 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt	Producer	1923
Colbert County Hwy. Dept. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lister Hill Reduction Plant	Silica, Aluminum	Plant

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Rivermont	0.6 miles	18
Village Number 1	0.8 miles	18
Richmond Hills	1.3 miles	18
South Sheffield	1.6 miles	18
Loyall (historical)	1.6 miles	19
Furnace Hill (historical)	1.8 miles	19
Tuscumbia	1.8 miles	18
Valdosta	1.8 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146251. 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.