Tecumseh Furnace, 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 Baker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Borden Springs quadrangle. It stands 925 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Borden Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Borden Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Borden Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
503 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 503 fires within 5 miles of Tecumseh Furnace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,328 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 333 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/incendiarism | 333 |
| Debris and open burning | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-POLK-009 |
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #1 |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 168 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 168 workings within 5 miles of Tecumseh Furnace: 89 unknowns, 62 past producers, 9 prospects, 8 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penland Hill | Manganese, Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Pope-Brittain Deposit | Manganese, Iron, Cobalt | Prospect | Wad | |
| Price-Rowland Prospect | Manganese, Cobalt, Iron | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Shiloh Church Prospect | Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Nickel | Occurrence | 1970 | |
| Central Rock Run Area | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1891 | |
| West Rock Run Area | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1891 | |
| Asbury Prospect 1 | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Augusta Mines | Cobalt, Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| North of Bluffington Deposits | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Pittman Prospect | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bluffton | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sidhart (historical) | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Warner (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bauxite | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rock Run | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Gap | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Garden | 6.9 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tecumseh Furnace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196631 | The 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 160728. 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.









