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Fishpond, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Rockford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35010. The Survey maps it on the Equality quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.

Fishpond within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

88 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Fishpond between 1994 and 2019, burning about 467 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-14
23 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-8
16 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Other causes1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa 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 Fishpond: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Alexander City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coo 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Rockford AreaFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Ray1.5 miles14
Jon1.8 miles14
Cottage Grove5.3 miles14
Nixburg5.4 miles14
Keyno6.6 miles14
Hissop7.1 miles14
Kellyton7.7 miles14
Crewsville8.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on FishpondAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18355504The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156349. 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.