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Trickem, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ranburne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36264. The Survey maps it on the Hightower quadrangle. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.

Trickem within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Trickem between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,296 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140908-001
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160905-8
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 659, AL
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission419 CO. ROAD 659, AL
21 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne 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 Trickem: 27 past producers, 10 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Kyanite, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc. 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
Anna Howe MineGold, IronPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Johnston ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence
Moss-Back MineCopper, GoldPast Producer1870
Smith ProspectSulfur, CopperOccurrence
Stone Hill Cu Mine Et AlCopper, Iron, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Stone Hill MineCopper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1874
Turkey Heaven Kyanite ProspectKyaniteOccurrenceKyanite
Turkey Heaven Mtn DepositsKyaniteOccurrence
Johnston ProspectCopperUnknown1874
Moss-Back MineGold, CopperPast Producer1890

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Union Hill1.6 miles14
Hightower1.9 miles14
Lecta2.5 miles14
Macedonia2.6 miles16
Ranburne4.2 miles16
Bell Mills5.4 miles14
Hopewell5.4 miles15
Arbacoochee (historical)5.8 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 TrickemAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30623117The 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 157172. 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.