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Five Points, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35150. It stands on Darby Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sylacauga West quadrangle.

Five Points within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

255 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,796 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 84 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 burning106
Arson/incendiarism84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-19
30 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-32
29 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 10 past producers, 9 unknowns, 5 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Kymulga ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Southwest Tallaseehatchee AreaCalcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumProspect1858
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Wesson Manganese MineManganeseProspect1918
Wesson Mn Mine Big Grunt MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Gantts Number 2 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hightower QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sylacauga Clay PitClayPast Producer
Sylacauga Clay ProspectClayProspect
Sylacauga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Walco0.4 miles23
Thomas Hill0.7 miles23
Mignon1.0 miles23
Odena1.2 miles23
Oak Grove1.3 miles23
Comerdale1.8 miles23
Sylacauga1.8 miles23
Gantts Junction2.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156354. 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.