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Zula, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. The Survey maps it on the Eulaton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Zula 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.

Fires near this place

120 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Zula (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,715 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-13
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-13
22 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Zula (historical): 18 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Janey Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Ohatchee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coosa Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mohawk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1949
Pelham Range Lead ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Brook MountainIronUnknown
Cane Creek MinesIronPast Producer1840

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
Cane Creek (historical)1.5 miles24
Beasley (historical)1.6 miles18
Polkville (historical)1.7 miles19
Timmons Springs (historical)1.8 miles24
Morrisville1.8 miles19
Middleton2.4 miles18
Womack (historical)2.8 miles24
Boiling Springs2.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 141088. 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.