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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.

Tecumseh Furnace 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

503 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism333
Debris and open burning95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #1
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresGeorgia 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 168 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
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
West Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891
Asbury Prospect 1Aluminum, KaolinProspect
Augusta MinesCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1918
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Pittman ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect

Every working 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
Tecumseh1.2 miles17
Bluffton2.0 miles18
Sidhart (historical)2.5 miles18
Warner (historical)2.5 miles17
Bauxite4.9 miles18
Rock Run4.9 miles18
Pleasant Gap5.1 miles17
Spring Garden6.9 miles17

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 FurnaceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196631The 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.