BlockPoplar Springs Branch, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Rogersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35652. It stands on York Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rogersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1914 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Thorntontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Rogersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Poplar Springs Branch between 1995 and 2019, burning about 288 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | LITTLE ELK ROAD, AL |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-11 |
| 25 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinedale Home Sites | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Oliver | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Elk River View | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Anderson Creek Estates | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Elk Shores | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dells Vista Shores | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Roberson Beach | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rogersville | 2.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125165. 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.