James, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35674. It stands on Thornton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tuscumbia quadrangle.

James within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:48000
1924 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1936 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Photographs

2 photographs, 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. James L. Penn, ex-sailor, ex-policeman, and formerly employed at Alcoa, is now foreman of the general finishing
Delano, Jack, 1942. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

182 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of James between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,293 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 burning	81
Arson/incendiarism	31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Recreation and ceremony	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1994	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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 James: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Colbert County Hwy. Dept. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Melrose	2.1 miles	18
Colbert Heights	2.2 miles	18
Spring Valley	2.7 miles	19
White House Springs	2.8 miles	18
Hobgood	2.8 miles	18
Colonial Heights	2.9 miles	18
Norala Junction	2.9 miles	18
Valley Grove	2.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132924. 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.