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Bruner, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ohatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. It stands on Stillhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Francis Mill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bruner within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

153 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Bruner (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,888 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 70 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/incendiarism70
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2020Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200907-2
7 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 Bruner (historical): 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, 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
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Minden (historical)2.0 miles24
Mount Olive2.0 miles24
Boozer (historical)2.0 miles24
Mitchellville3.1 miles24
Macon3.2 miles24
Womack (historical)3.2 miles24
Blue Eye (historical)3.9 miles24
Boiling Springs4.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140820. 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.