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Camp Branch, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35007. The Survey maps it on the Alabaster quadrangle.

Camp Branch within Shelby 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

96 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Camp Branch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 866 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural3
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
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200708-1
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 31 S, AL
5 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Camp Branch: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Alabaster Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalciumProducer
Longview Mine & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Calera QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scotrock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Verlie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Verlie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
LongviewIronPast ProducerResidual
Siluria, W OfIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Longview1.2 miles19
Saginaw1.8 miles19
Willmay2.1 miles19
Verlie2.3 miles19
Varnons2.8 miles19
Scottsdale3.2 miles19
Elliotsville3.7 miles19
Siluria3.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146383. 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.