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Henson Springs, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sulligent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35586. It stands on Crump Branch. The Survey maps it on the Henson Springs quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Henson Springs within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Henson Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Arson/incendiarism43 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism28 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140915-002
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Henson Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Robison Mine and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Lamar 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
Detroit5.6 miles10
Beaverton6.5 miles12
Pine Springs7.0 miles12
Crews7.4 miles12
Sulligent8.9 miles12
Moscow10.5 miles12
Mansfield12.3 miles11
Blooming Grove16.2 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 Henson SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058472The 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 158842. 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.