BlockChandler Springs, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clairmont Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Clairmont Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Clairmont Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
283 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Chandler Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,776 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 129 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 | 129 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 57 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MUMP CREEK |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | 4-STRIKES |
| 30 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190929-5 |
| 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 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Chandler Springs: 25 past producers, 8 occurrences, 6 prospects, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Graphite, Mica, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Log Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1874 | |
| Hatchet Creek Copper | Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| South Queneldo Area | Graphite, Mica, Vanadium | Past Producer | BEDDED | |
| Stringfellow Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper | Occurrence | 1854 | |
| Stringfellow Prospect | Copper, Sulfur | Occurrence | 1855 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Uranium, Graphite | Occurrence | 1974 | |
| Woodward Prospect | Gold, Silver, Sulfides | Occurrence | Gold, Silver | |
| Woodward Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Alamag Copper Prospects No 3 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Log Mine | Gold, Sulfides | Past Producer | 1875 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159365. 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.