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Tennala, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Centre census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. The Survey maps it on the Weisner Mountain quadrangle.

Tennala within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

165 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Tennala between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,077 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism99
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-7
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-11
6 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120929-001
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 59 CENTRE,ALABAMA, AL
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tennala: 1 unknown, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Che 9 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Cherokee CountyIronUnknown
Cherokee County Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Brooks Estates2.6 miles19
Ricks (historical)2.7 miles18
Turkey Town (historical)2.8 miles19
Plano3.0 miles18
Moshat3.1 miles18
Coloma (historical)3.3 miles18
Pope3.4 miles18
Centre3.7 miles19

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 Q122564997The 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 127757. 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.