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Silver Run, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Munford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36268. It stands on Tuskehadky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle.

Silver Run within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Silver Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,004 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 54 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism54
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150908-001
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Silver Run: 8 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Glencoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Camp Ore BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer Iron Ore MinesIronPast Producer1850, 1943
John Bruce'sIronPast ProducerResidual
No NameIronPast ProducerResidual
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Sweet Home0.8 miles21
Jenifer1.9 miles21
Grant Town2.8 miles21
Richeytown3.1 miles21
Munford3.3 miles21
McAding4.1 miles21
Kentuck4.7 miles21
Hopeful4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160610. 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.