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Five Points, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35049. It lies near Tater Knob. The Survey maps it on the Blountsville quadrangle.

Five Points within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

95 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1994 and 2019, burning about 556 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Natural2
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
7 September 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180907-2
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130927-001
22 September 2016Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-1
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBLOSSOM LANE, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blount CountyIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Fowler Spring2.2 miles20
Cleveland2.5 miles21
Rosa2.8 miles21
Joy3.6 miles20
Easley4.2 miles21
Fairview4.3 miles21
Pine Acres4.3 miles20
Royal4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118334. 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.