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Bingham, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Leighton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35646. It lies near Buckeye Hill. The Survey maps it on the Town Creek quadrangle.

Bingham within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

114 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Bingham between 1994 and 2019, burning about 832 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-9
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-16
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bingham: 8 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tuscumbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kent Mountain MinesIronPast ProducerGoethite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Colbert County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bingham in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBingham$2,000A tree and powerlines were knocked down blocking the road at 2430 Poplar Creek Loop.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBingham$1,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of C Lowery road and highway 157. Time was estimated from radar data.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBingham$500Power lines were knocked down on Lowery Road south of Leighton.
June 2022HailBingham-One inch hail was reported along highway 157 south of Leighton.

Every storm recorded in Colbert 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
Cottontown1.1 miles15
Whiteoak1.7 miles19
Campbell Settlement (historical)2.6 miles19
Poplar Creek (historical)3.3 miles19
La Grange (historical)3.5 miles19
Section3.9 miles15
Leighton4.1 miles19
Old Bethel4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156066. 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.