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Campbell Springs, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lineville West quadrangle.

Campbell Springs within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

189 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Campbell Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8,658 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 98 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/incendiarism98
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHEAHA #3
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaCHEAHA #2
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaBURNT LOG
12 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Campbell Springs: 49 past producers, 15 prospects, 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Graphite, Copper. 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
Carbon MountainGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1917
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Pyriton AreaCopper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, GoldPast Producer1850
Pyriton MinesSulfur, CopperPast Producer
Pyriton MinesIron, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer1862
Franklin MineGold, IronPast Producer
Jennings-Republic AreaGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1914
Monitor, King and Barrett MinesGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1918
UnnamedIronUnknown
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Campbells Crossroads0.5 miles15
Pyriton1.9 miles12
Erin2.2 miles15
Highland2.4 miles12
Bowden Grove2.5 miles12
Concord3.3 miles12
Clairmont Springs3.6 miles15
Gunthertown4.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159307. 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.