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Old Providence, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Alexander City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. It stands on Tanyard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hackneyville quadrangle.

Old Providence within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

206 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Old Providence between 1994 and 2019, burning about 3,302 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 burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2

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
9 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use55 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190909-9
8 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190904-1
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-21
19 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180919-4
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa 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 Old Providence: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Hog Mountain MineGoldPast Producer1839

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Hillabi (historical)0.0 miles12
Liberty1.4 miles12
Hackneyville2.6 miles12
New Providence6.3 miles12
Cowpens6.7 miles11
Goldville7.4 miles11
Sunny Level8.1 miles12
Perryville8.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 158704. 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.