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Five Points, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Heflin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36264. The Survey maps it on the Hollis Crossroads quadrangle.

Five Points within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,238 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 64 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/incendiarism64
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2017Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170914-1
4 August 2002Natural47 acresNational Forests in AlabamaSUNDAY
31 August 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160831-5
30 August 2016Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresNational Forests in Alabama839
27 August 2011Arson/incendiarism17 acresNational Forests in Alabama585
25 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaHORSE BLOCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 17 past producers, 5 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Quartz, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C H Mitchell MineArsenic, LeadPast Producer
Chulafinnee Copper AnomolyCopperOccurrence1964
Chulafinnee Placer MinesGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerPlacer
Hudson ProspectAluminumOccurrence
King MineGold, QuartzPast ProducerVein
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed MineZinc, Arsenic, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Chalafinnee MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Chalafinnee Taylor MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Chulafinnee Ore Co MineIronPast Producer1940

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Abel3.0 miles17
Chulafinnee3.1 miles17
Belltown4.1 miles17
Hollis Crossroads4.7 miles17
Cleburne5.2 miles19
Heflin6.7 miles17
Gold Hill8.1 miles17
Arbacoochee (historical)8.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159601. 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.