Smiths Bridge, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Wills Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35954. It lies near Penitentiary Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Keener quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Fort Payne quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Roden Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Keener quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
118 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Smiths Bridge (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-16 |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160916-14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Smiths Bridge (historical): 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Warrior River Manganese Pros. | Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| C W Chumley Property | Manganese | Past Producer | 1951 | |
| Campbell Gap Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Crudup Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Leed Gap Area | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Not Known | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Taylor Branch Hollow | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| W.F.Stowers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duck Springs | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Yancy | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Keener | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kyuka | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Greenwood | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Liberty Hill | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Leath Gap (historical) | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Haworth (historical) | 3.7 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149119. 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.









