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Campbell Settlement, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Leighton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35646. It lies near Campbell Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Leighton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Campbell Settlement within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Campbell Settlement (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,002 acres in total. 2 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-9
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-7
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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 Settlement (historical): 7 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Tuscumbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kent Mountain MinesIronPast ProducerGoethite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
Whiteoak1.0 miles19
La Grange (historical)1.2 miles19
Poplar Creek (historical)2.4 miles19
Bingham2.6 miles15
Cottontown3.5 miles15
Hunter (historical)3.5 miles19
Spring Valley3.8 miles19
Leighton3.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132827. 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.