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Gary Springs, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Centreville-Brent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35042. The Survey maps it on the Centreville East quadrangle. It stands 315 feet above sea level.

Gary Springs within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Gary Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 802 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 33 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-15
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony31 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Gary Springs: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Kaolin, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
Coosa River Clay PitClayProducer
Forestry Service PitKaolinProducer
Herron-Pratt OccurenceBarium-Barite, CalciumProspectBarite, Calcite
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.8 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Weaver MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectBarite, Calcite, Fluorite
B A Coates ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
H H Coates ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer
Julia Wallace ProspBarium-BariteOccurrence
May Johnston ProspectBarium-BaritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Vick1.9 miles11
East Town2.8 miles11
Pilgrim Rest (historical)2.8 miles19
Penootaw (historical)2.8 miles11
East Centreville3.0 miles11
Centreville3.1 miles11
West Centreville3.3 miles11
Zulu3.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Gary SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q30623315The 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 159654. 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.