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Persons Bridge, Alabama

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dadeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36850. It stands on McCowan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dudleyville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Persons Bridge within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Persons Bridge (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 737 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 burning27
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-8
3 August 2002Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2019Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190823-2
12 August 2002Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 1995Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 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

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Persons Bridge (historical): 8 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Gold, Mica, Asbestos. 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
Allen Clay ProspectClayProspect
Heard-Dennis ProspectAsbestosProspect
Buttston Mica MineMicaUnknown
Carleton MineMicaPast Producer
Saunders ProspectMicaOccurrence
Goldville PitsGoldPast ProducerVein
Johnson ProspectGoldOccurrence1840, 1845
Morgan PlacerGoldOccurrence1892
Morgan PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
W.D. Mitchell Property No. 2GoldOccurrenceGold

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
Hampton1.1 miles10
Denver1.4 miles10
Oakfuskudshi (historical)2.1 miles11
Buttston2.5 miles11
Everglade3.1 miles11
Dudleyville4.1 miles10
Frog Eye4.1 miles11
Matilda (historical)4.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151027. 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.