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Quinsey, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35046. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell Dam NW quadrangle.

Quinsey within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Quinsey between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,493 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20170930-3
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-33
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-2
27 September 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Quinsey: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Iron, Mica. 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
Ivey MineMicaPast Producer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
Dean ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Foshee Kyanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Weogufka Creek ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Flint Hill MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Flint Hill MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Flint Hill MineGoldPast Producer
Weoguffka Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Sehoya2.3 miles13
Hidden Valley3.3 miles13
Gold Branch5.1 miles13
Weogufka (historical)5.3 miles14
Dollar5.3 miles13
Aucheucaula (historical)5.5 miles17
Hillwood5.7 miles14
Moriah6.4 miles14

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 Q122548848The 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 156942. 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.