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Ottery, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ohatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36271. It lies near Point Jones. The Survey maps it on the Ohatchee quadrangle.

Ottery within Calhoun County

On record in Ottery

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

163 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Ottery between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,645 acres in total. None started naturally. 71 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/incendiarism71
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-13
27 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHIGHWAY 77, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Ottery: 8 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Manganese. 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
Janey Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Mohawk PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Pete Green ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadOccurrence
Coosa Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mohawk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1949
Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
FrancisIronUnknown
Ingram WellsIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Ten Islands0.3 miles24
Otipalin (historical)1.3 miles24
Francis1.7 miles24
Ohatchee2.1 miles24
Cochran Springs (historical)3.1 miles24
Timmons Springs (historical)3.3 miles24
Ragan Chapel3.4 miles24
Ingram Wells3.4 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 Q122565503The 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 156847. 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.