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Brompton, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Moody census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35004. It stands on Head Springs. The Survey maps it on the Cooks Springs quadrangle.

Brompton within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

120 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Brompton between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,404 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-9
25 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-11
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Brompton: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Leeds Cement PlantStonePlant
Leeds Mine & QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U.S. Steel Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leeds Brown Fe MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Leeds Brown Iron Ore MinesIronPast ProducerGoethite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brompton in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2020FloodBrompton-Widespread flooding across St. Clair county with 3-5 inches of rainfall reported overnight. Many roads flooded in the cities of Ashville, Pell City, Margaret, and Springville.

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Monte Bello Estates1.2 miles21
Moody1.3 miles21
Prescott1.6 miles21
Valleyhaven2.0 miles21
Heritage Park2.1 miles27
Hundred Oaks2.2 miles27
Spring Valley Estates2.2 miles21
Saint Clair Forest2.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164580. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.