Sulphur Spring, Alabama
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35151. It stands on Sulphur Branch. The Survey maps it on the Talladega Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:48000
- 1917 USGS Gantts Quarry quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Gantts Quarry SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Talladega Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Spring between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,176 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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 burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Spring: 8 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A and B Mine | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Eureka White Marble Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sylacuga Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adair & Brewer Diggings | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Mcpherson's Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Sulphur Springs Mountain | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talladega Springs | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Fayetteville | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Deans | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Kahatchee | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Sharon | 6.8 miles | 25 | |
| Gantts Quarry | 8.5 miles | 23 | |
| Gantts Junction | 8.5 miles | 23 | |
| Oak Grove | 9.3 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157124. 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.










