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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.

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

111 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Zana between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,014 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 35 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120806-001
22 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution21 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140822-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Zana: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences. 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
Robert Russell ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Eagle Creek DistrictGoldPast ProducerVein
Goldville DistrictGoldPast Producer1842
Goldville PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Hammock MineGoldPast Producer1881
Hawthorne MineGoldPast Producer1932, 1933
Johnson ProspectGoldOccurrence1840, 1845
Lowe Mine Hawthorne MineGoldPast ProducerVein
W.D. Mitchell Property No. 2GoldOccurrenceGold

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zana in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindZana-A tree and power lines were downed, blocking Germany's Ferry Rd near County Road 79. Another tree fell blocking Hamlet Mill Rd. Another tree and power lines were downed, blocking Highway 63 near Sandford Rd.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindZana-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed along County Road 79.

Every storm 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
Zana (historical)0.4 miles11
Harmony (historical)2.9 miles11
Hamlet (historical)2.9 miles11
Bethleham (historical)3.1 miles11
Simpson3.1 miles11
New Site3.3 miles11
Cholocco Litabixee (historical)3.6 miles11
Everglade3.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157291. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.