BlockBig Springs, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Woodland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36274. The Survey maps it on the Napoleon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Napoleon quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
148 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Big Springs between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,105 acres in total. None started naturally. 42 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 | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-19 |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-7 |
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HEARD-009 |
| 21 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190920-32 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190916-10 |
| 7 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Springs: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Ballard Prospect | Gold, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold, Pyrite | |
| Joshua Ballard Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Springs in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Springs | - | The sheriff's department reported trees down in Big Springs in the eastern part of the 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Potash | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wehadkee | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| High Shoals | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Waldrep | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Napoleon | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Haywood | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| White Signboard Crossroad | 4.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156064. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.