Tarsus, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36201. It stands on Castleberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Munford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tarsus within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1947 USGS Munford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Munford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2001 USGS Munford quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

103 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Tarsus (historical) between 1994 and 2016, burning about 936 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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	36
Arson/incendiarism	30
Recreation and ceremony	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Natural	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
8 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1998	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1998	Smoking	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2002	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Tarsus (historical): 12 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Giles Myric Mine	Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Glencoe Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
No Name	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
John Bruce's	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
No Name	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bynum	0.7 miles	21
Burns Crossroad	0.8 miles	21
De Soto Manor	0.9 miles	21
Gauldinville	1.7 miles	21
Vinnette	2.0 miles	19
New Haven	2.1 miles	21
Tarsus	2.6 miles	19
Eulaton	2.8 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162232. 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.