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Germania Springs, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. It stands on Flat Tire Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Germania Springs within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Germania Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,581 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 77 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism77
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-11
29 September 2000Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-7
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-11
25 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Germania Springs (historical): 16 occurrences, 15 unknowns, 13 past producers, 7 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Aluminum, Lead. 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
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
Nesbitt Lake Manganese ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1980
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tom MooreLead, Barium-BaritePast Producer1916
Alabama Mineral Land Co. ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Dixie PitClayProducer
Dothard ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Frame MineClayProducer
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Tredegar1.0 miles17
Merrellton1.3 miles18
Possum Trot1.6 miles17
Jacksonville2.4 miles17
Eastwood2.6 miles17
West Point2.9 miles17
Betta-Life3.0 miles17
Maxwellborn3.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140898. 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.