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Gunthertown, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lineville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It stands on Horn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Clairmont Springs quadrangle.

Gunthertown within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Gunthertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,583 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 176 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
Arson/incendiarism176
Debris and open burning62
Railroad operations and maintenance40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
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
9 September 2006Railroad operations and maintenance57 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMUMP CREEK
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in Alabama4-STRIKES
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTALLADEGA MTN.
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Gunthertown: 30 past producers, 9 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Dean Watts Manganese MineManganesePast Producer1949
Gold Log MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1874
Story MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerGold, Pyrite
Unnamed ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Woodward ProspectGold, Silver, SulfidesOccurrenceGold, Silver
Woodward ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
Sewell PropertySulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer
Franklin MineGold, IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Clairmont Springs2.0 miles15
Erin2.5 miles15
Weathers2.8 miles15
Campbells Crossroads4.0 miles15
Campbell Springs4.5 miles12
Springhill4.7 miles15
Bowden Grove6.2 miles12
Pyriton6.3 miles12

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 Q122544335The 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 159040. 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.