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Berry Springs, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35973. It stands on Alpine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Berry Springs within Cherokee 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

531 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 531 fires within 5 miles of Berry Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,694 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 361 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/incendiarism361
Debris and open burning98
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-1
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150923-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 Berry Springs: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Dirseller Mt. Area-BPast Producer
Dirtseller Mt. AreaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Grover1.2 miles18
Chesterfield1.4 miles18
Burgess2.3 miles18
New Moon2.6 miles18
Starkville (historical)3.0 miles17
Five Points4.1 miles18
Jamestown4.3 miles18
Rhinehart4.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156054. 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.