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Roselle, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. It stands on Moss Rock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bulls Gap quadrangle.

Roselle within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

118 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Roselle between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,653 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burning74 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-16
30 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Recreation and ceremony50 acresNational Forests in AlabamaBOULDER
18 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaGUINN
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Alabamanot named
1 September 1995Natural8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresNational Forests in AlabamaBULLS GAP
31 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160831-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Roselle: 10 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Clay, Copper, Sulfur. 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
A S Bell Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence
Harall Gold MineGold, Silver, IronPast Producer1846
Harall MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hatchet Creek Prospect Main DepositSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1962
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.7 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Unnamed, Near Hatchet CreekCopperPast Producer
Garrett ProspectCopper, SulfurProspect
Mcghee ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1850
Reams Clay ProspectClayProspect
Simmons Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Shady Grove2.6 miles23
Glades3.6 miles14
East Mill3.8 miles23
Hatchet Creek4.0 miles23
Brownsville4.1 miles23
Gage4.9 miles23
Carr Mill5.8 miles14
Skeggs Crossroads5.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160533. 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.