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Still Waters, 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 Ponders quadrangle.

Still Waters 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

120 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Still Waters between 1994 and 2020, burning about 964 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
29 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-3
18 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170918-1
17 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa 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 Still Waters: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Thomas MineMicaPast Producer
Blue Hill and Gregory Hill MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Dent Hill ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Devils Backbone DistrictGoldProducer1835
Farrow Hill Devil's BackboneGoldPast ProducerVein
Farrow Hill ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Gregory Hill Lode and PlacerGoldPast ProducerVein
Long Branch ProspectGoldOccurrence1842, 1852
Owl Hollow PlacerGoldPast Producer1842, 1852
Silver Hill MineGoldPast Producer1835

Every working 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
Blue Creek1.2 miles11
Walnut Hill2.7 miles11
Barnesville2.8 miles11
Ponders3.0 miles11
Bama Park3.1 miles11
Union3.8 miles11
Sardis3.9 miles11
Benson (historical)3.9 miles11

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 Q122551155The 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 137533. 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.