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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.

Sulphur Spring within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

84 since 1994

Regional 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning48 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use55 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarism45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A and B MineBarium-BariteProducer
Eureka White Marble Co. QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Sylacuga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adair & Brewer DiggingsIronPast ProducerResidual
Mcpherson's BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Sulphur Springs MountainIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Talladega Springs0.4 miles25
Fayetteville2.9 miles25
Deans3.6 miles25
Kahatchee6.3 miles25
Mount Sharon6.8 miles25
Gantts Quarry8.5 miles23
Gantts Junction8.5 miles23
Oak Grove9.3 miles23

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.