Cedar Springs, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35973. It stands on Mills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chattoogaville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cedar Springs within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Chattoogaville quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

413 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,376 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 297 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/incendiarism	297
Debris and open burning	83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2016	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160909-15
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	6.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2007	Debris and open burning	90 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FLOYD-017
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020CHATTOOGA009
19 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Springs (historical): 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
J A Pilgrim Iron Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Rilgrim Land Area	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite
Unknown, Mills Creek Area	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fullerton	0.6 miles	16
Dewey	1.6 miles	20
Ringgold	3.5 miles	20
Hall Valley	3.6 miles	16
Farill	4.1 miles	17
Broomtown	4.1 miles	20
Gaylesville	4.2 miles	20
Sterling (historical)	4.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136855. 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.