Upton, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35747. It lies near Sugar Tree Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Upton within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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.

1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1936 USGS Guntersville Dam quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Guntersville Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Guntersville Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
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 Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Upton (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,172 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism	22
Debris and open burning	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	3
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160926-11
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160924-13
22 September 2015	Other causes	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150922-002
15 September 2011	Smoking	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 431 S, AL
14 September 1998	Debris and open burning	165 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 June 2007	Natural	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Upton (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Diamond Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	New Hope Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Black Center	0.8 miles	22
Ferns Quarter (historical)	1.2 miles	22
Cushion	2.2 miles	24
Hebron	2.7 miles	22
Lamont (historical)	2.7 miles	22
Cottonville	2.9 miles	24
Fort Deposit (historical)	3.1 miles	24
Manchester	3.3 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139500. 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.