Saint Clair Springs, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35146. The Survey maps it on the Springville quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Clair Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- St. Clair Springslisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Springville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Springville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Springville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
124 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Saint Clair Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,505 acres in total. None 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 265 GRAY FOX RD., AL |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Saint Clair Springs: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker Mountain Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| No Name, Springvile Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Springville-St. Clair Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Caldwell | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Goodwins Mill | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Branchville | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cool Springs | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Havilah Hills Estates | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hardwick | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Odenville | 5.9 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saint Clair Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48843175 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164843. 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.







