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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.

Pilgrim Rest within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

120 since 1994

Regional 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 burning43
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Other causes1

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-15
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony31 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coosa River Clay PitClayProducer
Herron-Pratt OccurenceBarium-Barite, CalciumProspectBarite, Calcite
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
The Sinks MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, ZincProspect1875, 1914
Weaver MineBarium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectBarite, Calcite, Fluorite
Sinks ProspectBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.8 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Bright HopeIronPast ProducerResidual
No NameIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
River Bend (historical)2.4 miles19
Gary Springs2.8 miles11
Sixmile3.0 miles19
Penootaw (historical)3.7 miles11
Vick4.4 miles11
Hawkinsville (historical)5.2 miles19
Antioch5.2 miles16
East Town5.4 miles11

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.