BlockValhermoso Springs, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Laceys Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35754. It lies near Little Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Triana quadrangle. It stands 246 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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 Triana quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Triana quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Triana 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
- 1964 USGS Triana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Valhermoso Springs between 1994 and 2018, burning about 701 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-41 |
| 28 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-7 |
| 24 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160924-9 |
| 22 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1994 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Mills | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Winton | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Talucah | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| West Point | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Union | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Laceys Spring | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Lynntown | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pence | 5.3 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Valhermoso Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7911588 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153825. 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.