BlockBlue Springs, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Opp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36467. The Survey maps it on the Onycha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Onycha quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,776 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150908-001 |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140707-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Blue Springs: 12 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 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.
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159215. 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.