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Hollingsworth, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36265. It lies near Chimney Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville East quadrangle.

Hollingsworth within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Hollingsworth between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,165 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 79 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/incendiarism79
Debris and open burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-11
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
24 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Hollingsworth: 16 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 6 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, 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
Burke EstateCobalt, NickelOccurrence
Burke EstateCobalt, NickelOccurrence
Coleman PropertyManganesePast Producer1930
Frame MineClayProducer
Horace Davis ProspectIron, ManganesePast Producer1949
Alabama Mineral Land Co. ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Dothard ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Boozer ProspectAluminumProspect
Borden ProspectAluminumOccurrence
J F Crow ProspectAluminumOccurrence

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
Hallingworth0.8 miles18
Holley Crossroads1.8 miles18
Jenkins2.3 miles18
Rabbittown2.9 miles18
Eastwood3.0 miles17
Nances Creek3.1 miles18
Germania Springs (historical)3.5 miles17
Jacksonville3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162188. 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.