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Reaves, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hokes Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Colvin Gap quadrangle.

Reaves within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

211 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Reaves between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,449 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 88 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/incendiarism88
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-3
8 September 2007Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160906-10
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Reaves: 10 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Lead. 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
Boatfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gilley DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
Rock Run-Goshen Ala.Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1891, 1923
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Ezzell ProspectManganeseProspect1949
Knighten DepositManganeseOccurrenceWad
A. A. WilliamsBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Sparks ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Banner (historical)2.4 miles19
Mayes Crossroad3.8 miles19
Hokes Bluff4.3 miles18
Smiths Crossroads5.0 miles18
Bachelors Chapel5.2 miles19
Ballplay5.8 miles19
Coato Bend (historical)6.1 miles19
Ewing6.2 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 Q122571766The 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 140687. 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.