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Harrogate Springs, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wetumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36092. It stands on Neathery Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wetumpka quadrangle.

Harrogate Springs within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

John Bullard House, Harrogate Springs Road vicinity, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
John Bullard House, Harrogate Springs Road vicinity, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

134 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Harrogate Springs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 732 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning50
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony14
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Smoking3

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning4.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission834 CO RD 4, AL
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140828-002
28 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission9 REDWOOD LN, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Harrogate Springs: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Hillabee Pit No 2ClayProducer
Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols/PoundstoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wetumpka Pit & Hepburn DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wetumpka Pit & Johnson DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Blueberry Hill0.8 miles18
Jasmine Hill1.5 miles13
Blue Ridge1.6 miles13
Saint Clair2.1 miles18
Wetumpka2.1 miles18
Blue Ridge Estates2.4 miles13
Tuskugu (historical)2.6 miles17
Azalea Woods Estates2.9 miles13

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 Q122544786The 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 137221. 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.