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Campbell, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Jemison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36750. The Survey maps it on the Jemison West quadrangle.

Campbell within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

138 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Campbell between 1994 and 2019, burning about 900 acres in total. None 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 burning66
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-10
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-1
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Campbell: 7 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bib 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Honeycutt's Mill Placer MineGold, IronPast Producer1842, 1892
Pierce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
B. T. Childer ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Franklin MineGoldPast Producer
Honeycutt's Mill PlacerGoldPast Producer
Mulberry Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Mulberry Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Mulberry Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chilton 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
Hubbard1.6 miles15
Poseys Crossroads3.1 miles15
Pleasant Grove3.4 miles15
Bessie3.6 miles15
Mars Hill4.3 miles15
New Convert5.0 miles15
Isabella5.5 miles15
Center Hill6.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115489. 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.