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Woolfolk, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. It lies near Cemetery Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ironaton quadrangle.

Woolfolk within Talladega 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

424 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 424 fires within 5 miles of Woolfolk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,645 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 194 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/incendiarism194
Debris and open burning104
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2006Railroad operations and maintenance57 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMUMP CREEK
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionIRONATON ROAD, AL
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-5
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180924-3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Woolfolk: 12 past producers, 8 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Sulfides, Silver, Sulfides. 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
Gold Log MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1874
Story MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Woodward ProspectGold, Silver, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Silver
Woodward ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Riddle's Mill MineGoldProspectVein
Riddle's Mill MineGoldPast Producer
Riddle's Mill Mine Gold Log/Story/WoodwardGoldPast ProducerVein
Robb PlacerGoldPast ProducerGold
Robb PlacerGoldPast Producer
Story MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Stockdale1.6 miles22
Ironaton1.6 miles14
Carara2.3 miles22
Waldo3.0 miles22
Chinnabee3.6 miles14
Mount Olive Circle3.7 miles22
McCannsville4.8 miles22
Curry4.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160870. 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.