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Blue Springs, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

Blue Springs within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

132 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,444 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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 burning56
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural2

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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Blue Springs: 18 past producers, 16 unknowns, 12 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Lead, Clay. 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
Old Lead MineLead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralPast Producer1860
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Unnamed ProspectZinc, LeadPast Producer1863
Wellington ProspectLead, Zinc, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Cedar Springs ProspectLead, Zinc, Barium-BariteOccurrence
J F Crow ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincPast Producer1850
Peaceburg Alumina ProspectAluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Halls Chapel1.6 miles17
Brutonville1.7 miles17
Post Oak1.9 miles17
Leydens Mill2.0 miles17
Weaver2.1 miles17
Alexandria2.4 miles18
Melrose2.8 miles18
Mahlep2.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149165. 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.