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Allsop, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Piedmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Saddler Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont NW quadrangle.

Allsop within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

416 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Allsop between 1994 and 2020, burning about 7,821 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 216 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/incendiarism216
Debris and open burning124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-11
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism165 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionDRY CREEK FIRE
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-6
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Allsop: 9 prospects, 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Gold. 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
Cowan ProspectManganese, IronProspect1949
Frame MineClayProducer
Gilley DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Gilley Fluorspar DepositCalcium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence1900
Industrial Filler Co. MineSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Rock Run-Goshen Ala.Kaolin, AluminumPast Producer1891, 1923
Greer ProspectGoldOccurrence1881
Griffin ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold

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
Knightens Crossroads1.1 miles16
Collins (historical)1.2 miles16
Roy Webb1.5 miles16
Couch3.3 miles16
Asberry3.6 miles16
Prices3.7 miles16
Piedmont Springs3.7 miles16
Zuni (historical)3.7 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122548461The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159062. 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.