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Bradford, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Goodwater-Kellyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. It stands on Little Socapatoy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kellyton quadrangle.

Bradford within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

116 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Bradford between 1994 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20120907-001
24 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-24
14 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150914-001
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2011Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 28, AL
7 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism42 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200722-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa 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 Bradford: 9 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin. 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
Dave Marbury Tin PropertyTinOccurrence
Prospect No. 12TinOccurrence1932
Prospect Number EightTinProspect
Prospect Number ElevenTinProspect
Prospect Number FifteenTinProspect
Prospect Number FourteenTinProspect
Prospect Number NineTinProspect
Prospect Number SixTinProspect
Prospect Number TenTinProspect
Prospect Number ThirteenTinProspect

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Socapatoy1.1 miles14
Hatchet1.8 miles23
Kellyton2.9 miles14
Soleo2.9 miles23
Keyno4.2 miles14
Crewsville4.5 miles14
Goodwater5.2 miles23
Mount Olive5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156105. 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.