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Mineral Springs, Alabama

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brookside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35181. It lies near Lassiter Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Brookside quadrangle.

Mineral Springs within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Mineral Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,225 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 93 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/incendiarism93
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionPICKLE DRIVE, AL
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-8
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Mineral Springs: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Jef 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Watson0.5 miles28
Dogtown0.9 miles28
Forestdale by the Brook1.0 miles28
Fieldstown1.6 miles27
Scarlet Town1.6 miles28
New Town1.7 miles28
Upper Coalburg1.8 miles30
Republic1.8 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122865. 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.