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Brassell, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Mount Meigs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36064. It stands on Carters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brassell quadrangle.

Brassell within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Brassell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,752 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 burning58
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking7
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1200 BLOCK OF WARES FERRY ROAD, AL
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2019Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190914-2
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190911-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Brassell: 14 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Shorter PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Chapman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
J.M. Jordon Mining Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milstead QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mount Meigs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mount Meigs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mount Meigs QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mount Meigs QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mt MeigisSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Eastwood Villa2.1 miles12
Waugh2.4 miles12
Knollwood2.5 miles12
Mount Meigs Station3.5 miles12
Freeport4.0 miles12
Mount Meigs4.1 miles12
Merry4.6 miles12
Timberlane5.4 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122555969The 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 114852. 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.