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Fulton Bridge, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35570. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henson Springs quadrangle.

Fulton Bridge within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

111 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Fulton Bridge between 1995 and 2020, burning about 531 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism28 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-11
28 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180921-5
15 September 2003Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fulton Bridge: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Glen Allen Materials, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Hamilton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Robison Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Hamilton3.9 miles10
Pikeville4.7 miles10
Barnesville5.0 miles9
Weston5.0 miles9
Pleasant Ridge5.9 miles10
Byrd6.4 miles10
Stinson7.2 miles10
Pea Ridge7.9 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122556415The 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 118755. 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.