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Baltimore, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35077. It stands on Dean Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arkadelphia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Baltimore within Cullman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Baltimore (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,381 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Natural1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Smoking20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-7
22 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-12

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cullman County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Baltimore (historical): 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Blo 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Shannon MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

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
The Colony2.1 miles23
Black Bottom2.5 miles23
Damascus4.0 miles23
Arkadelphia4.1 miles23
Bremen6.9 miles23
Misty Harbor7.9 miles18
Wilburn8.2 miles20
Dodge City8.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2044255. 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.