Cornerstone, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fitzpatrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36089. It stands on Leatherbreeches Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thompson quadrangle.

Cornerstone within Bullock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Thompson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Tuskegee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Cornerstone between 1994 and 2019, burning about 312 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	6
Natural	4
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
27 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	77 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 2019	Natural	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190801-1
1 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 June 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 June 1998	Natural	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bullock County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cornerstone: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Bul 1 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect

Every working recorded in Bullock 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
Thompson	2.4 miles	9
Simsville	3.9 miles	8
Bruceville	4.0 miles	8
Hector	4.6 miles	9
Fitzpatrick	4.9 miles	9
Shopton	5.9 miles	9
Sardis	6.2 miles	8
Mount Hillard	6.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116657. 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.