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Clear Springs, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oneonta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It stands on Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Remlap quadrangle.

Clear Springs within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

95 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Clear Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,139 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-10
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-14
13 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Clear Springs: 11 occurrences, 8 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Quality Rock PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectManganese, IronProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
E J Cozby ProspectIronOccurrence
Hullett ProspectIronProspect
J P Box ProspectIronOccurrence
Reuben Little ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Hendrick Mill0.9 miles21
Inland Junction1.0 miles24
Armstead2.5 miles21
Watseka (historical)2.6 miles24
Little Warrior3.5 miles21
Remlap3.8 miles24
Pine Mountain3.8 miles24
Locust Fork4.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156188. 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.