Thermal, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kimberly-Morris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35172. It stands on Self Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trafford quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Thermal within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Trafford quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1975 USGS Trafford quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

225 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Thermal (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,205 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 67 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	86
Arson/incendiarism	67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32
Recreation and ceremony	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	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 2007	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	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 Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thermal (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
	Unnamed Prospect	Manganese	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Trafford	0.9 miles	23
Self Creek	2.6 miles	26
Masseyline	2.6 miles	23
Coaldale	3.6 miles	26
Columbus	4.1 miles	26
Sueann	4.2 miles	23
Linton	4.2 miles	26
Bradford	4.4 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140337. 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.