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Tooktocaugee, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It stands on Joseph Creek. The Survey maps it on the Choccolocco quadrangle. It stands 696 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tooktocaugee within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Tooktocaugee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,460 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural6
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarism21 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150908-002
5 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-16
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTRAILHEAD
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in Alabamanot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMountain Longleaf National Wildlife RefugeFREDRICK HILL FIRE
15 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160915-13

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Tooktocaugee (historical): 21 unknowns, 11 past producers, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, 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
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
De Armanville ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Norton No.2 PropertyManganeseProspect1942
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Baker-Rhodes ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Hudson ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bennett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Pleasant Ridge1.2 miles19
Joseph Springs1.3 miles19
Choccolocco2.4 miles19
Iron City2.5 miles19
White2.5 miles19
Harmony3.0 miles19
White Plains3.8 miles19
Whitesides Mill3.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Tooktocaugee (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7824032The 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 162881. 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.