BlockRock Springs, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pine Apple census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36768. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pine Apple North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Pine Apple North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200908-2 |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190930-19 |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200715-1 |
| 1 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Rock Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furman Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBrydes | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hamburg | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Snow Hill | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Furman | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Allenton Station | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Allenton | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ackerville | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 6.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138564. 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.