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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mount Meigs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Mount Meigs NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Brassell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1200 BLOCK OF WARES FERRY ROAD, AL |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190914-2 |
| 12 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190911-6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shorter Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Placer | |
| Calloway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Chapman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| J.M. Jordon Mining Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Milstead Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Mount Meigs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mount Meigs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Meigs Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Mount Meigs Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Mt Meigis | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastwood Villa | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Waugh | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Knollwood | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Meigs Station | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Freeport | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Meigs | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Merry | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Timberlane | 5.4 miles | 12 |
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 Q122555969 | 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 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.






