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Tecumseh, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Bluffton Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Borden Springs quadrangle.

Tecumseh within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

496 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 496 fires within 5 miles of Tecumseh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,167 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 338 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
Arson/incendiarism338
Debris and open burning97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism9.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-009
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 181 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 181 workings within 5 miles of Tecumseh: 92 unknowns, 67 past producers, 12 prospects, 10 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
MccollumManganese, Nickel, CobaltUnknownResidual
Penland HillManganese, CobaltOccurrence
Pope-Brittain DepositManganese, Iron, CobaltProspectWad
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, Cobalt, IronPast Producer1938
Shiloh Church ProspectArsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, NickelOccurrence1970
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
North Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
West Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
About 8 Mines and ProspectsManganese, CobaltOccurrenceHollandite
Agusta MineManganese, Iron, CobaltPast Producer1918

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecumseh in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Several trees uprooted and blocking Highway 278 near County Road 181.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Bluffton1.0 miles18
Tecumseh Furnace1.2 miles17
Sidhart (historical)1.9 miles18
Warner (historical)3.4 miles17
Bauxite3.8 miles18
Rock Run4.3 miles18
Pleasant Gap5.1 miles17
Hanson5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160727. 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.