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Brannon Springs, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gadsden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35907. It stands on Greens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunaway Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Brannon Springs within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Brannon Springs (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 949 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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 burning44
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-003
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Brannon Springs (historical): 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
C B Allen AreaGraphitePast Producer1865, 1917
Markton Limestone TestLimestone, DimensionProspect
Pete Green ProspectBarium-Barite, LeadOccurrence
Southside PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Giles Myric & A. CampbellBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
John T Hagen ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Mrs. Alice Campbell ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
N E Miller ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Markton0.7 miles22
Pilgrims Rest2.7 miles22
Southside3.2 miles22
Riverside4.3 miles22
Old Harmony4.7 miles22
Gum Springs (historical)4.8 miles22
Etowahton (historical)5.0 miles22
Williams5.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149027. 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.