Fishtrap, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It lies near Curry Island. The Survey maps it on the Sleeping Giant quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Talladega NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Sleeping Giants quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
459 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 459 fires within 5 miles of Fishtrap between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,688 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 154 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 burning | 185 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 154 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fishtrap: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.M. Patterson | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Norman Mountain | Iron | Unknown | ||
| T.I. & S. Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyser Leonard Lakefront Estates | 0.2 miles | 21 | |
| Camelot Plateau | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| River Terrace Estates | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Davis Acres | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Stemley | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Rocky Ridge | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Country Club Estates | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Wendy Wood | 3.0 miles | 24 |
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 Fishtrap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18355507 | The 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 156350. 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.









