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Boiling Springs, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ohatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36271. The Survey maps it on the Francis Mill quadrangle.

Boiling Springs within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

167 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Boiling Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,469 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 79 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/incendiarism79
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Boiling Springs: 14 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Janey Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Mohawk PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Pelham Range Lead ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Coosa Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mohawk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer1949
Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Ragan Chapel1.0 miles24
Mitchellville1.5 miles24
Macon1.9 miles24
Timmons Springs (historical)2.1 miles24
Cane Creek (historical)2.3 miles24
Boozer (historical)2.4 miles24
Womack (historical)2.6 miles24
Francis2.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156090. 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.