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Shiloh, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ider census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35979. It stands on Shiloh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle. It stands 1,407 feet above sea level.

Shiloh within DeKalb 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

370 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,148 acres in total. None started naturally. 104 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 burning204
Arson/incendiarism104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE005
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-002
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-006
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE008
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE006
23 September 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-DADE-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Phoenix Iron & Coal MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Mount Olive1.4 miles23
Deer Head Cove4.4 miles23
Beulah5.3 miles23
Cartersville5.3 miles23
Old Blevins Mill6.8 miles21
Yorks Mill7.3 miles21
Gann Crossroad7.5 miles23
Ider9.3 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q31517586The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157052. 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.