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Copeland Bridge, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Collinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35961. It stands on Little Wills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crossville quadrangle.

Copeland Bridge within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

113 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Copeland Bridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,069 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-2
8 September 2002Debris and open burning42 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180907-1
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200922-2
20 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-3
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-32
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180917-9

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Copeland Bridge: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Collinsville Area, UnnamedIronPast ProducerHematite
Old Portersville MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed, Red Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Larimore (historical)1.4 miles22
Nicholson (historical)1.9 miles21
Dawson2.2 miles21
Homer (historical)2.6 miles21
Collinsville2.6 miles22
Hendrickville (historical)3.1 miles21
Wills (historical)3.4 miles21
Cotnam (historical)3.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150167. 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.