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Bristow, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35983. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg quadrangle.

Bristow within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

207 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Bristow between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,878 acres in total. None started naturally. 91 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/incendiarism91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning49
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180907-1
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160903-2
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-34
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-9
28 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bristow: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Barfield Bauxite MineAluminumPast Producer
Che 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Ewing0.8 miles19
Mountain Lake Estates0.9 miles19
Lookout Valley Acres1.1 miles19
Leesburg1.4 miles19
Mackey1.8 miles19
Richardson1.9 miles19
Griffin1.9 miles19
Anderson2.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156114. 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.