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Oxanna, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36201. It lies near Washer Hill. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Oxanna within Calhoun County

On record in Oxanna

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 12 of 27 shown

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

Every listing in Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

173 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Oxanna between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,488 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking2
Natural1

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 94-10
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-14
18 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Oxanna: 36 unknowns, 19 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, Clay. 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 PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shirey Prospect No 2MicaProspect
Shirey Prospect No. 2MicaProspect
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Donoho MineClayProducer
Lackey PitClayProducer
Unnamed MineClayPast Producer

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
Anniston0.8 miles19
Mechanicsville1.2 miles19
Woodland Park1.3 miles19
Letchers1.3 miles19
West End Anniston1.6 miles19
Lardent1.9 miles21
Hobson City1.9 miles21
Wayside2.0 miles19

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 Q122543226The 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 124360. 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.