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Red Apple, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Albertville-Boaz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35957. It stands on Yellow Branch. The Survey maps it on the Boaz quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Red Apple within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Red Apple (historical) between 1998 and 2016, burning about 520 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-6
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2011Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission29 N/LESTER RD, AL
29 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 May 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionFIRE TOWER RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Apple (historical): 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
J H Vanzandt ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Boaz2.2 miles23
Whitesville2.4 miles23
Needmore2.4 miles23
Bartlett (historical)3.1 miles22
White Oak4.6 miles23
Saratoga4.9 miles24
Friendship (historical)4.9 miles22
Marshall5.1 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on Red Apple (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19987755The 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 139469. 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.