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Inland Junction, Alabama

24 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 35133. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Remlap quadrangle.

Inland Junction within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

93 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Inland Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,145 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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 burning42
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-10
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-14
13 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burningunder 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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Inland Junction: 11 occurrences, 7 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Quality Rock PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectManganese, IronProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
E J Cozby ProspectIronOccurrence
Hullett ProspectIronProspect
J P Box ProspectIronOccurrence
Reuben Little ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

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
Clear Springs1.0 miles24
Watseka (historical)1.7 miles24
Hendrick Mill1.8 miles21
Pine Mountain2.8 miles24
Remlap2.9 miles24
Armstead3.1 miles21
Compton4.0 miles23
Little Warrior4.4 miles21

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 Q122553297The 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 156513. 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.