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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Chavies quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Chavies quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Chavies quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-14 |
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160904-1 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-17 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-43 |
| 28 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-31 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-26 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearsall Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dekalb County | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Fort Payne Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Fort Payne Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Payne Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Payne Prospects | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Luna (historical) | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Pine Ridge | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Hughes Mill | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lydia | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Killian Mill | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Chavies | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Guest | 3.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q4944092 | The 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.










