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Spring Valley, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36207. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Spring Valley within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,115 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
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
30 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140930-001
12 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNational Forests in Alabamanot named
26 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140726-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 23 unknowns, 17 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Anniston PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
De Armanville ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Norton No.2 PropertyManganeseProspect1942
Oxford QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Skinner DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cobb PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Golden Springs1.1 miles19
Boiling Spring1.3 miles21
DeArmanville1.3 miles19
Blue Pond1.9 miles21
Holly Springs2.1 miles19
Woodland Park2.6 miles19
Lakeview2.6 miles21
Jo Dell2.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 141043. 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.