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White, 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 lies near Morgan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Choccolocco quadrangle.

White 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Cook-Johnson House, White Plains, Calhoun County, AL
Cook-Johnson House, White Plains, Calhoun County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of White between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,469 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-16
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of White: 10 unknowns, 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bennett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cottaquilla MountainIronUnknown
Iron City MinesIronPast ProducerGoethite, Magnetite
Landrum Limonite BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Pentegrass Or Dunn BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Whitesides Mill1.3 miles19
Pleasant Ridge1.8 miles19
Joseph Springs1.9 miles19
White Plains2.0 miles19
Tooktocaugee (historical)2.5 miles19
Iron City3.8 miles19
Choccolocco4.7 miles19
Old Davisville5.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162884. 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.