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Sessions, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36853. The Survey maps it on the Buttston quadrangle.

Sessions within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

150 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Sessions between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,050 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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 burning66
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-1
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-7
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 49, AL
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120806-001
31 August 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190831-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Sessions: 16 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Titanium. 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
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Knight Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Perry Wise-Sanders ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Sorrell Estate Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
W.B.Railey Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Al King MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Bonner-Terrell MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Franklin MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sessions in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2014LightningSessions1 hurtA 24 year old male sustained non-life threatening injuries when he was struck by lightning in his yard outside of his home.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindSessions-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along Horseshoe Bend Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSessions-Several trees uprooted in the Eagle Creek Community.
March 2011HailSessions-no account filed
March 2011HailSessions-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Eagle Creek0.7 miles11
Tohopeka1.9 miles11
Easton3.0 miles11
Niuyaka (historical)3.2 miles11
Cholocco Litabixee (historical)3.4 miles11
Matilda (historical)4.2 miles11
Hamlet (historical)4.5 miles11
Jacksons Gap4.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126554. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.