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Zana, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the New Site census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36256. It stands on Little Emuckfaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Daviston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Zana within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

125 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Zana (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,068 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 45 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120910-001
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120806-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Zana (historical): 7 occurrences, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium. 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
Herzfield ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Germany Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Goldville DistrictGoldPast Producer1842
Goldville PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Goldville Pits ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881
Hawthorne MineGoldPast Producer1932, 1933
Houston PitsGoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Zana0.4 miles11
Harmony (historical)2.4 miles11
Bethleham (historical)2.6 miles11
Hamlet (historical)2.7 miles11
New Site2.9 miles11
Simpson3.0 miles11
Cholocco Litabixee (historical)3.5 miles11
Everglade4.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 167966. 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.