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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Talladega SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Porter Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Porter Gap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 4-STRIKES |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | National Forests in Alabama | FLAT WOODS |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | STUMP HOLE (612) |
| 6 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 52 acres | National Forests in Alabama | GEORGIA ASTER |
| 30 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | TALLADEGA MTN. |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 612 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama #3 Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Gold Log Mine | Gold, Sulfides | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Harall Gold Mine | Gold, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | 1846 | |
| Harall Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hatchet Creek Copper | Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Hatchet Creek Prospect Main Deposit | Sulfur, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | 1962 | |
| Stringfellow Prospect | Copper, Sulfur | Occurrence | 1855 | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Alamag Copper Prospects No 3 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Alamag Copper Prospects No 4 | Copper | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatchet Creek | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Gage | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Weathers | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Glades | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Springhill | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Clairmont Springs | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Gunthertown | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Roselle | 7.4 miles | 23 |
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 Q122548003 | The 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.










