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Walker, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Margerum quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walker within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Walker (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,640 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 72 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/incendiarism72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning13 acresMississippi Forestry Commission2508
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Walker (historical): 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Silica. 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
Doan Hollow Tripoli DepositSilicaOccurrenceTripoli
TripoliSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
H ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
K ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Tva PitAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
I ProspectAluminumProspect
L ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Caryton (historical)1.3 miles19
Riverton2.9 miles18
Chickasaw (historical)3.3 miles18
Ingleton (historical)4.5 miles19
Lane Springs4.6 miles19
Crows Camp (historical)4.6 miles18
Margerum5.0 miles19
Lime Kiln5.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166029. 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.