BlockShelby Springs, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Calera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35040. The Survey maps it on the Bounds Lake 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Columbiana NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Bounds Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Shelby Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,032 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 37 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190906-13 |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-16 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190926-1 |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-30 |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shelby Springs: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Refractory Clay Co. Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Calera Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Calera Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157046. 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.