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Fowler Spring, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Blountsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35031. The Survey maps it on the Blountsville quadrangle.

Fowler Spring 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 Fowler Spring between 1994 and 2019, burning about 506 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Smoking2
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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130927-001
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
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
18 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150914-001
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount 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 Fowler Spring: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 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
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
Joy1.6 miles20
Five Points2.2 miles20
Sky Ball2.7 miles19
Pine Acres2.9 miles20
Cleveland3.0 miles21
Blountsville3.3 miles20
Mountain Grove4.1 miles20
Gum Springs4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118574. 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.