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Holly Springs, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oneonta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35146. It lies near Buck Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle.

Holly Springs within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Holly Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,426 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160830-4
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Holly Springs: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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
Unnamed ProspectManganese, IronProspect
J P Box ProspectIronOccurrence
No Name, Springvile AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Springville-St. Clair AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Armstead4.7 miles21
Pine Mountain4.9 miles24
Inland Junction4.9 miles24
Highland Lake5.2 miles20
Clear Springs5.3 miles24
Watseka (historical)5.5 miles24
Chepultepec5.6 miles20
Straight Mountain5.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120281. 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.