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Philadelphia, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Glade Branch. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle.

Philadelphia within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

240 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Philadelphia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,972 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 139 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/incendiarism139
Debris and open burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2007Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #5
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #4
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #3
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #2
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #1
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism36 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOFF HWY 278, AL
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 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 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Philadelphia: 35 unknowns, 14 past producers, 9 occurrences, 8 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Cobalt, Manganese, Cobalt. 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
Harbour and Thompson ProspectsNickel, Cobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Howell ProspectAluminumProspect
R. Stockdale PropertyCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer
Stewart MineClayProducer
Stock PropertyManganese, StoneProspect1949
Agusta MineManganese, Iron, CobaltPast Producer1918
Agusta Mine/Stockdale MineManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Hughes DepositsManganese, CobaltPast ProducerWad
Hughes ProspectManganese, IronProspect1953
Pope-Hughes ProspectManganese, CobaltPast 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
Dailey (historical)1.3 miles17
Vigo1.7 miles17
Old Goshen Center (historical)1.7 miles17
Ladiga1.8 miles17
Greenwood2.2 miles17
Piedmont3.6 miles17
Goshen (historical)3.8 miles17
Piedmont Springs7.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162216. 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.