Farriss, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Lynn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35575. It stands on Old Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lynn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Farriss within Winston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Lynn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

129 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Farriss (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,680 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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	54
Debris and open burning	41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	9.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160928-14
28 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	55 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Winston 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 Farriss (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Winston 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
High Point	0.6 miles	11
Larissa (historical)	2.9 miles	11
German Crossing	3.1 miles	11
Lynn	3.3 miles	11
Black Swamp (historical)	4.3 miles	11
Goat Ranch (historical)	4.6 miles	12
Ashbank	5.6 miles	11
Natural Bridge	5.6 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730477. 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.