Churntown, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Russellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35581. It stands on Wilson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Spruce Pine quadrangle.

Churntown within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1936 USGS Spruce Pine quadrangle1:24000
1945 USGS Spruce Pine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1947 USGS Spruce Pine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Churntown between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,005 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190924-7
2 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	460 acres	National Forests in Alabama	CHERRY HILL
15 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Churntown: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Trapptown Number 1	Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Russellville Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Russellville Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Spruce Pine Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Spruce Pine Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Trapptown No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Trapptown	3.3 miles	12
Spruce Pine	3.3 miles	14
Smith (historical)	3.6 miles	14
Phil Campbell	4.2 miles	14
Oak Grove	4.6 miles	14
Carroll Crossroads	5.0 miles	12
Union	5.1 miles	14
Waco	5.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136141. 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.