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Tallaseehatchee, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sycamore-Winterboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35014. It stands on Pennington Branch. The Survey maps it on the Winterboro quadrangle.

Tallaseehatchee within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

336 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Tallaseehatchee between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,182 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 99 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 burning146
Arson/incendiarism99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking2

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 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-14
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-19
3 September 2000Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-32
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Tallaseehatchee: 16 unknowns, 13 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Talc-Soapstone, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kymulga ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Southwest Tallaseehatchee AreaCalcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumProspect1858
Sycamore Clay ProspectClayProspect
Alabama Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Nix QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Oilfield Marble ProspectMarble, DimensionProspect
Rumsey QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sycamore QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alpine MillTalc-SoapstonePlant

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Papertown1.0 miles22
Risers2.0 miles22
Sycamore2.3 miles22
Pleasant Hill2.9 miles23
Boaz Corner3.2 miles19
Ledbetters3.3 miles22
Zubers3.9 miles23
Emauhee4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 145008. 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.