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Holly Springs, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Choccolocco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. It lies near Faison Hill. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Holly Springs within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Holly Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,844 acres in total. None started naturally. 33 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism33
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
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
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 94-10
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
5 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMountain Longleaf National Wildlife RefugeFREDRICK HILL FIRE
15 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160915-13
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Holly Springs: 28 unknowns, 13 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, 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
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
De Armanville ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Anniston PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
Norton No.2 PropertyManganeseProspect1942
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Baker-Rhodes ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Hudson ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
DeArmanville1.8 miles19
Harmony1.8 miles19
Golden Springs1.9 miles19
Spring Valley2.1 miles19
Choccolocco2.6 miles19
Boiling Spring3.4 miles21
Blue Pond4.0 miles21
Tooktocaugee (historical)4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140919. 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.