Fairfield, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Scottsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35752. It stands on Pegues Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wannville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fairfield within Jackson County

On record in Fairfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Townsend Farmhouselisted 2005 · 0.7 miles away

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.

1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Wannville quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Wannville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Wannville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 347 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	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
7 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1998	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160916-2
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150803-004
13 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2008	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CO RD 42, AL
16 July 2008	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CO RD 42, HOLLYWOOD AL, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairfield (historical): 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Hollywood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Blackankle	1.9 miles	21
Kyles	2.0 miles	24
Pikeville	2.6 miles	21
Hollywood	3.2 miles	23
Carns	3.2 miles	21
Berrys (historical)	3.5 miles	21
Tupelo	4.3 miles	24
Maynard Cove	4.4 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139159. 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.