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Borden Springs, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Fruithurst census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Borden Springs quadrangle.

Borden Springs within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

411 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of Borden Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 21,225 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 273 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/incendiarism273
Debris and open burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #5
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #4
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #3
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #2
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaZONE ABC #1
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Borden Springs: 63 unknowns, 22 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Cobalt, Manganese, Iron. 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
Pope-Brittain DepositManganese, Iron, CobaltProspectWad
R. Stockdale PropertyCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer
Stock PropertyManganese, StoneProspect1949
Augusta MinesCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1918
Erwin PitIron, ManganeseProspect1949
Pope HughesCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence1938
Rock Run DistrictIron, Manganese, CobaltPast ProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
Agusta MineManganese, Iron, CobaltPast Producer1918
Agusta Mine/Stockdale MineManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Hughes DepositsManganese, CobaltPast ProducerWad

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Borden Wheeler Springs1.1 miles17
Palestine1.3 miles17
Oak Level5.6 miles16
Grantley6.6 miles16
Mars Hill7.3 miles16
Piney Woods7.7 miles16
Liberty Hill7.8 miles16
Bethel10.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159238. 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.