BlockSulphur Springs, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Hazel Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35761. It stands on Pigrum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fisk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Fisk quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Fisk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Fisk quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 1997 and 2013, burning about 174 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Grove | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Keys Mill | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Walnut Grove | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Skinem | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Mint Spring | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hazel Green | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Fannings Crossing | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| New Market | 4.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153605. 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.