Cold Springs, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35033. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cold Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Cold Springs quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Cold Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,388 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190908-3 |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160908-6 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160926-3 |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-22 |
| 20 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 169 COUNTY RD 221, AL |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180917-6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cold Springs in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cold Springs | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Cold Springs area of Cullman County. One person was injured when a tree fell on a truck. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilburn | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Bremen | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Brushy Pond | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ardell | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Misty Harbor | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Arkadelphia | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Trade | 6.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116391. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






