BlockBig Spring, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Guntersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Big Spring (historical) between 1995 and 2019, burning about 515 acres in total. None 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 burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20140906-001 |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-25 |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140926-001 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-24 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Big Spring (historical): 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glover Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Marshall County-Browns Valley | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Nixon Chapel | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Red Hill | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Hyatt | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sidney | 4.3 miles | 22 | |
| Johnsons Mill | 4.6 miles | 24 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Askea Grove | 5.0 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 166091. 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.