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Richville, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. The Survey maps it on the Richville quadrangle.

Richville within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Richville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,031 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-21
19 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 22E, AL
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190823-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Richville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, 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
Jesse Little MineGraphitePast Producer
K.V.Penton MineMicaPast Producer

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
Travelers Rest0.7 miles14
Kellys Crossroads1.8 miles14
Schley3.1 miles14
Welona3.5 miles14
Pentonville4.8 miles14
Lyle5.2 miles14
Speed5.4 miles14
Pinthlocco (historical)5.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156965. 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.