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Cedar Springs, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Locust Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35172. The Survey maps it on the Trafford quadrangle.

Cedar Springs within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

151 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,596 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning66
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural2

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 2002Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-1
27 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-15
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Springs: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Quality Rock PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Compton Iron MineIronPast Producer
E J Cozby ProspectIronOccurrence
Hullett ProspectIronProspect
Reuben Little ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Dallas1.0 miles23
Adville1.5 miles21
Lehigh1.7 miles23
Little Shenandoah2.0 miles21
Selfville2.4 miles23
Wallstown3.4 miles21
Compton3.5 miles23
Locust Fork3.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115815. 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.