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Tohopeka, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36853. The Survey maps it on the Jacksons Gap quadrangle.

Tohopeka within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

171 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Tohopeka between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,342 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 51 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 burning71
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-1
8 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-7
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 49, AL
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tohopeka: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Mica, Titanium. 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
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Old Berry MineMicaPast Producer
W W Hicks MineMicaPast Producer
Perry Wise-Sanders ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Sorrell Estate Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
W.B.Railey Asbestos ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Franklin MineGoldOccurrenceGold
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881
Jennings LodeGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tohopeka in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 3 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
February 2026Thunderstorm WindTohopeka-Trees were reported down along Horseshoe Bend Road in the Tohopeka community.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTohopeka-Several trees uprooted.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindTohopeka-Columns blown out from a porch and minor structural damage to a home.

Every storm recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Eagle Creek1.2 miles11
Sessions1.9 miles11
Cholocco Litabixee (historical)2.1 miles11
Hamlet (historical)2.8 miles11
Niuyaka (historical)3.0 miles11
Matilda (historical)4.1 miles11
Fosheeton4.6 miles11
Easton4.7 miles11

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 Q122598401The 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 128008. 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.