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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 Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. It stands on Blue Eye Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle.

Clear Springs within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

174 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Clear Springs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,957 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 51 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 burning68
Arson/incendiarism51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Other causes3

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
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clear Springs: 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Riverside PitClayProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Embry Crossroads0.5 miles24
Blue Eye1.2 miles24
Yatesville2.0 miles23
Binghamtown2.1 miles24
Lincoln2.3 miles23
Cape Choccolocco2.3 miles24
Eureka Shores2.4 miles24
Eureka2.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144771. 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.