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Bootsville, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Payne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35968. It lies near Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Chavies quadrangle. It stands 869 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bootsville within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

83 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Bootsville (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-14
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160904-1
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-17
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-43
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-31
28 September 2016Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-26
25 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bootsville (historical): 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them 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
Pearsall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dekalb CountyIronUnknown
Fort Payne AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer
Fort Payne MineIronPast Producer
Fort Payne ProspectsIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Pleasant Hill1.4 miles21
Luna (historical)1.5 miles21
Pine Ridge1.6 miles21
Hughes Mill1.6 miles21
Lydia2.1 miles21
Killian Mill2.9 miles21
Chavies3.0 miles21
Guest3.3 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Bootsville (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4944092The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150654. 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.