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Burnstown, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cherokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35616. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bishop quadrangle.

Burnstown within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Burnstown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,529 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNatchez Trace ParkwayALLSBORO
15 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160912-3
9 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMississippi Forestry CommissionMS0 0808-1710809003
26 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Arson/incendiarism30 acresMississippi Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Burnstown: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone. 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
Asphaltic RockLimestone, General, StoneOccurrenceSedimentary
Mann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Allsboro Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mississippi Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Maud0.5 miles13
Good Springs (historical)0.7 miles13
Bishop1.6 miles13
Allsboro3.6 miles13
Mynot3.6 miles13
Malone5.5 miles13
Hub (historical)7.5 miles19
Mount Hester8.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157904. 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.