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Old Bingham, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wetumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36093. It stands on Brensen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Willow Springs quadrangle.

Old Bingham within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

136 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Old Bingham between 1994 and 2020, burning about 892 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning4.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission834 CO RD 4, AL
15 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150915-001
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Old Bingham: 14 producers, 5 past producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite, Silica. 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
Deep South Const. Co PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Hodson PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Mitylene PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Brannon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Froggy Bottom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J.M. Jordon Mining Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mity Lene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mount Meigs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mount Meigs QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Kulumi (historical)0.4 miles13
John Lee Acres0.6 miles13
Fusihatchi (historical)1.2 miles12
New Bingham2.5 miles13
Redland Bluffs2.6 miles13
Azalea Woods Estates3.5 miles13
Willow Springs3.6 miles13
Blue Ridge Estates4.2 miles13

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 Q122590852The 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 124199. 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.