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Warner, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Davis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Borden Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Warner within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

403 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 403 fires within 5 miles of Warner (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15,692 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 261 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/incendiarism261
Debris and open burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2005Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #5
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #4
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #3
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #2
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #1
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism36 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOFF HWY 278, AL
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 149 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 149 workings within 5 miles of Warner (historical): 95 unknowns, 37 past producers, 11 prospects, 6 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. 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
Penland HillManganese, CobaltOccurrence
Pope-Brittain DepositManganese, Iron, CobaltProspectWad
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, Cobalt, IronPast Producer1938
Stock PropertyManganese, StoneProspect1949
Wood PropertyAluminumProspect
Wood PropertyAluminumProspect
Augusta MinesCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1918
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Pope HughesCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence1938
Gorman ProspectsCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1930

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
Tecumseh Furnace2.5 miles17
Sidhart (historical)3.1 miles18
Tecumseh3.4 miles17
Bluffton3.5 miles18
Pleasant Gap3.5 miles17
Spring Garden4.8 miles17
Rock Run4.9 miles18
McFrey Crossroads6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 161880. 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.