Schuler, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Altoona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35952. It stands on Samuels Chapel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Altoona quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Schuler within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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.

1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Altoona quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Altoona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

72 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Schuler (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 712 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism	36
Debris and open burning	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160928-30
25 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160925-2
23 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160923-4
23 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Schuler (historical): 14 past producers, 9 occurrences, 8 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cook Mine	Manganese, Cobalt	Past Producer	Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Wad
Greasy Cove	Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt	Occurrence
No Name Given	Nickel, Cobalt	Occurrence
Brothers Mill Gap/Moodys Gap	Iron	Past Producer
Garigues Gap	Iron	Past Producer
Greasy Cove Mines	Iron	Past Producer
Greasy Cove Mines	Iron	Prospect	BEDDED
Iron Prospect 4	Iron	Prospect
Iron Prospect 5	Iron	Prospect
Schoolhouse Gap Area of Greasy Cove	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Boxtel	1.0 miles	22
Pana	1.5 miles	22
Nix (historical)	1.9 miles	21
Altoona	2.1 miles	22
Nash (historical)	2.2 miles	21
Moodys Chapel	2.5 miles	21
Gallant	2.6 miles	22
Clear Springs (historical)	2.8 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149115. 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.