BlockPearces Mills, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35570. It stands on Pearces Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brilliant quadrangle.
On record in Pearces Mills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Pearce's Milllisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Brilliant quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Pearces Mills between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,028 acres in total. None started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1671 CENTER CHURCH RD , AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pearces Mills: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Bluff Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brinn | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pea Ridge | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Piney Grove | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Whitehouse | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Pull Tight | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gold Mine | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sunny Home | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Brilliant | 7.8 miles | 11 |
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 Q122562900 | The 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 156864. 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.