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Smith, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Phil Campbell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35581. It stands on Dykes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Phil Campbell quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Smith within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Smith (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 725 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-7
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Smith (historical): 7 producers, 3 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Silica, 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
Trapptown Number 1Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Russellville QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Russellville Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spruce Pine MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spruce Pine PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Tennessee Valley Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Trapptown No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Spruce Pine1.5 miles14
Phil Campbell1.6 miles14
Liberty Hill2.9 miles14
Churntown3.6 miles14
Nix3.7 miles14
Shady Grove3.8 miles14
Nix Mill5.0 miles14
Trapptown5.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 136279. 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.