Brownsville, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. It stands on Partridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bulls Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Goodwater NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Bulls Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Bulls Gap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Brownsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,309 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 30 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-24 |
| 19 September 2010 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190910-8 |
| 10 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190807-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Brownsville: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Graphite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reams Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| USGS MR-60 Alabama No.7 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Epps - Goodwater Area | Graphite | Past Producer | 1865, 1917 | |
| Parkdale Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Miller Mine | Gold | Past Producer | 1843 | |
| Miller Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Miller Mine | Gold | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Mill | 0.4 miles | 23 | |
| Cleveland Crossroads | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Skeggs Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Roselle | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Pinkneyville | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hollins | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Glades | 6.6 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Brownsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q86756594 | 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 159254. 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.










