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Springhill, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Ashland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36251. It lies near Lizard Scrape Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clairmont Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.

Springhill within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

208 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Springhill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,485 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 91 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/incendiarism91
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use2
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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionMINES ROAD, AL
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaTALLADEGA MTN.
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Alabamanot named
12 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Springhill: 64 past producers, 12 prospects, 11 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Gold, Mica, 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
Central Clay County Gibbsite ProspectAluminum, ManganeseOccurrence1977
Stringfellow ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, CopperOccurrence1854
Stringfellow ProspectCopper, SulfurOccurrence1855
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974
Enitachopco MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerSurface
Franklin MineGold, IronPast Producer
South Queneldo AreaGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
UnnamedIronUnknown
Alabama No. 1 MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1912
Caldwell MineSulfur, Sulfuric Acid, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Weathers2.7 miles15
Clairmont Springs2.8 miles15
Erin3.7 miles15
High Pine4.0 miles15
Rays Crossroads4.3 miles15
Bowden Grove4.6 miles12
Gunthertown4.7 miles15
Campbells Crossroads4.8 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SpringhillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196619The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160660. 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.