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Chambers Springs, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Millerville-Hollins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. The Survey maps it on the Porter Gap quadrangle.

Chambers Springs within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Chambers Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,428 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 86 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/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning25
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
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 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in Alabama4-STRIKES
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism30 acresNational Forests in AlabamaFLAT WOODS
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests in AlabamaSTUMP HOLE (612)
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism52 acresNational Forests in AlabamaGEORGIA ASTER
30 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTALLADEGA MTN.
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNational Forests in Alabama612

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Chambers Springs: 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Copper, Mica. 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
Alabama #3 MineGraphitePast Producer1865
Gold Log MineGold, SulfidesPast Producer1875
Harall Gold MineGold, Silver, IronPast Producer1846
Harall MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Hatchet Creek CopperCopper, Molybdenum, BismuthProducerChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Hatchet Creek Prospect Main DepositSulfur, Iron, CopperOccurrence1962
Stringfellow ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1855
UnnamedIronUnknown
Alamag Copper Prospects No 3CopperOccurrence
Alamag Copper Prospects No 4CopperOccurrence

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
Hatchet Creek3.4 miles23
Gage3.8 miles23
Weathers5.1 miles15
Glades6.2 miles14
Springhill6.4 miles15
Clairmont Springs7.1 miles15
Gunthertown7.3 miles15
Roselle7.4 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122548003The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159362. 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.