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Yatesville, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. The Survey maps it on the Eastaboga quadrangle.

Yatesville within Talladega County

On record in Yatesville

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 23 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

196 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Yatesville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,321 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 55 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 burning74
Arson/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Other causes3
Natural2
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
7 September 2020Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200907-2
7 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning9.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Yatesville: 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Rozelle-Holmes MineIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Lincoln0.6 miles23
Blue Eye0.8 miles24
Echo Hills1.1 miles23
Clear Springs2.0 miles24
Dry Valley2.1 miles23
Embry Crossroads2.3 miles24
Shelton Lake Shores2.4 miles23
Smiths Mill3.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 145039. 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.