Bainbridge, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35661. It stands on McKiernan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bainbridge within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

102 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bainbridge (historical) between 1994 and 2016, burning about 444 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning	44
Arson/incendiarism	17
Recreation and ceremony	15
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160907-6
30 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	RIVER ROAD, AL
28 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	673 CR 72, AL
17 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wilson Lake Shores	0.6 miles	18
Lakeview Highlands	1.2 miles	18
Steenson Hollow	1.5 miles	18
Lakeview	1.6 miles	18
Davidsons Cross Roads (historical)	1.8 miles	18
Peytona Points	1.9 miles	18
Alabama Shores	2.0 miles	18
Paradise Points	2.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166012. 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.