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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Henson Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tupelo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1995Regional 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 burning | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160930-11 |
| 28 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180921-5 |
| 15 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Allen Materials, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hamilton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Hamilton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Robison Mine and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pikeville | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Barnesville | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Weston | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Byrd | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stinson | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pea Ridge | 7.9 miles | 11 |
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 Q122556415 | The 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.




