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Prickettville, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexandria-Webster Chapel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36279. It stands on Sulphur Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

Prickettville within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

181 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Prickettville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,727 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 47 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 burning81
Arson/incendiarism47
Recreation and ceremony22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural2
Smoking1

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-003
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning15 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 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Prickettville: 17 past producers, 16 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Lead, Lead, Zinc. 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
Dixie PitClayProducer
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer1850
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

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
Sulphur Springs0.9 miles17
Angel1.5 miles17
Wellington1.6 miles18
Hill Top (historical)1.6 miles18
Cedar Springs1.7 miles17
Union1.7 miles18
Woodruff (historical)1.8 miles18
Rudd (historical)2.3 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 Q122547530The 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 141012. 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.