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Erin, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36266. It stands on Gold Mines Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clairmont Springs quadrangle.

Erin within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

242 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Erin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 9,594 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 127 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/incendiarism127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning35
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Alabamanot named
12 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2014Natural138 acresNational Forests in AlabamaROUGH ROAD
5 August 2015Debris and open burning78 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMICKEY MOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Erin: 40 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Monitor, King and Barrett MinesGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1918
Pyriton AreaCopper, Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, GoldPast Producer1850
Pyriton MinesSulfur, CopperPast Producer
Pyriton MinesIron, Sulfur, CopperPast Producer1862
Franklin MineGold, IronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Acme MineGraphitePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Clairmont Springs1.4 miles15
Campbells Crossroads1.8 miles15
Campbell Springs2.2 miles12
Gunthertown2.5 miles15
Weathers3.4 miles15
Springhill3.7 miles15
Bowden Grove3.8 miles12
Pyriton4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159577. 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.