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Socapatoy, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Goodwater-Kellyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35089. It stands on Little Socapatoy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kellyton quadrangle.

Socapatoy within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Socapatoy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120907-001
14 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150914-001
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-9
16 August 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 28, AL
7 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism42 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200722-5
2 July 2006Natural48 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Socapatoy: 7 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin. 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
Dave Marbury Tin PropertyTinOccurrence
Prospect No. 12TinOccurrence1932
Prospect Number EightTinProspect
Prospect Number ElevenTinProspect
Prospect Number NineTinProspect
Prospect Number SixTinProspect
Prospect Number TenTinProspect
Prospect Number ThirteenTinProspect
Prospect Number TwelveTinProspect
Tin DepositTinOccurrenceCassiterite

Every working recorded in Coosa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Socapatoy in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Socapatoy$100,000The tornado touched down along US Highway 280 near the Bradford Community. The tornado moved northeastward and crossed AL-9, before crossing into Tallapoosa County east of Goodwater. The most significant damage occurred in Coosa County, near the intersection of CR-77 and AL-9. At least 6 homes suffered varying degrees of damage, and at least three automobiles were heavily damaged by fallen trees.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Socapatoy-A brief tornado touched down near Kellyton along County Road 62 causing a corridor of timber damage that was most notable near the intersection with AL Highway 9. The tornado continued northeast crossing US Highway 280 where additional timber damage occurred. The tornado dissipated after causing additional timber damage on County Road 50. Maximum winds were estimated at 80 mph.

Every storm recorded in Coosa 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
Bradford1.1 miles14
Kellyton1.8 miles14
Soleo2.5 miles23
Hatchet2.9 miles23
Keyno4.1 miles14
Crewsville4.7 miles14
Goodwater5.5 miles23
Jon6.7 miles14

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 Q122572802The 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 158087. 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.