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Rickey, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Abernant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35111. The Survey maps it on the Abernant quadrangle.

Rickey within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

217 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Rickey between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,499 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 69 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 burning72
Arson/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony23
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130903-001
24 September 2008Debris and open burning1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commission7501 PINE VIEW ROAD-MCCALLA, AL
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Rickey: 15 past producers, 15 unknowns, 14 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Woodstock Brown Iron Ore DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1830, 1961
Cobern No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodstock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bibb CountyIronUnknown
EdwardsIronUnknown
GilesIronUnknown
GreenpondIronUnknown
HayesIronUnknown
HayesIronUnknown
Martaban MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Caffee Junction0.7 miles19
Chamblee1.3 miles19
Chambers1.7 miles19
Million Dollar Lake Estates1.7 miles19
Lake View2.0 miles19
Cloester Valley2.4 miles20
Confederate Hill Estates2.6 miles20
Tannehill2.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153149. 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.