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Bath Springs, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Turkeytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35901. It lies near Shinbone Valley. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden East quadrangle.

Bath Springs within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

101 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Bath Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,174 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200915-1
15 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160915-1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah 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 Bath Springs: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. 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
Barfield Bauxite MineAluminumPast Producer
Citico MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Leeth Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Wilsonia1.1 miles18
Turkeytown1.4 miles18
Oak Hill (historical)1.5 miles19
Murrycross1.8 miles19
Owens2.4 miles19
Sonoma2.6 miles18
Citico3.0 miles18
Tabor3.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156035. 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.