Bentleyville, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flag Mountain quadrangle.

Bentleyville within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1901 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Wetumpka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Flag Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

132 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Bentleyville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,758 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 47 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	48
Arson/incendiarism	47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	3
Other causes	1
Smoking	1

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
9 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	98 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Bentleyville: 12 occurrences, 9 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin, Graphite, Mica, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Coosa-Chilton District	Graphite, Mica, Vanadium	Past Producer	BEDDED
Old Will Bentley Land Prospect	Tantalum	Occurrence
Prospect Number Twenty-Six	Mica, Tin	Occurrence
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.5 Prospect	Fluorine-Fluorite	Unknown
Unnamed Occurrence	Uranium, Graphite	Occurrence	1974
Unnamed Occurrence	Uranium, Graphite	Occurrence	1974
Abrams Mine	Mica	Past Producer
E E Brown Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Pond Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Rockford Area D	Gold	Past Producer	Placer

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Hanover	4.5 miles	23
Moriah	4.8 miles	14
Weogufka	5.0 miles	24
Rockford	5.1 miles	14
Weogufka (historical)	5.6 miles	14
Hillwood	5.8 miles	14
Lyle	6.1 miles	14
Unity	6.2 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156051. 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.