Pilgrim Rest, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Piper-Coleanor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35042. It stands on Cottingham Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Blocton East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1934 USGS Blocton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Blocton quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Blocton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS West Blocton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Pilgrim Rest (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 838 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 33 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 burning | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160908-15 |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 31 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pilgrim Rest (historical): 8 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa River Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Herron-Pratt Occurence | Barium-Barite, Calcium | Prospect | Barite, Calcite | |
| No Name | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| The Sinks Mine | Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc | Prospect | 1875, 1914 | |
| Weaver Mine | Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Barite, Calcite, Fluorite | |
| Sinks Prospect | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| USGS MR-60 Alabama No.8 Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Bright Hope | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| No Name | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Bend (historical) | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gary Springs | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sixmile | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Penootaw (historical) | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Vick | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hawkinsville (historical) | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Antioch | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| East Town | 5.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138390. 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.








