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Golden Springs, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It lies near Davis Hill. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Golden Springs within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Golden Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,731 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
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
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 94-10
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
13 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 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 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Golden Springs: 30 unknowns, 21 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, 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
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Anniston PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Lackey PitClayProducer
Norton No.2 PropertyManganeseProspect1942
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bennett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

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
Spring Valley1.1 miles19
Holly Springs1.9 miles19
Boiling Spring2.0 miles21
DeArmanville2.2 miles19
Woodland Park2.2 miles19
Blue Pond2.4 miles21
Anniston2.7 miles19
Lardent2.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119094. 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.