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Sulphur Springs, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Long Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35966. It sits by Kash Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Flat Rock quadrangle.

Sulphur Springs within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

108 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,191 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2020Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200922-3
20 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO. RD. 39, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs: 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Jac 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Jac 16 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Jac 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Jac 8 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Fabius2.1 miles22
Liberty Hill2.6 miles24
Old Fabius2.9 miles22
Flat Rock3.1 miles24
Overlook3.3 miles24
Yucca3.4 miles22
Yucca (historical)4.9 miles22
Cameronsville5.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127524. 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.