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Weogufka, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. It stands on Finikochika Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flag Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Weogufka within Coosa County

On record in Weogufka

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

98 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Weogufka (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,667 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Weogufka (historical): 7 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Graphite, Mica, Mica, Vanadium. 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
Coosa-Chilton DistrictGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
Fixico MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1898
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974
Weogufka Creek ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Dennis MineMicaPast Producer
Fixico MineGraphitePast Producer
Flint Hill MineGoldPast Producer
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Stewart MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Stewart's Au Mine Parson's MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Moriah1.3 miles14
Hillwood1.3 miles14
Gold Branch3.6 miles13
Lyle4.2 miles14
Unity4.2 miles24
Quinsey5.3 miles13
Dollar5.5 miles13
Bentleyville5.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157806. 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.