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Walker Springs, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Walker Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36545. It stands on Hand Pole Branch. The Survey maps it on the Walker Springs quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Walker Springs within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

Fires near this place

73 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Walker Springs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,751 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 6 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2002Smoking1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190930-26
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Walker Springs: 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Suggsville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceQuartz

Every working recorded in Clarke 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Manila4.2 miles7
Alma5.6 miles12
Jackson5.9 miles8
Union6.1 miles8
Suggsville6.2 miles7
Toddtown7.0 miles8
McVay7.2 miles8
Stave Creek7.9 miles8

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 Walker SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14679594The 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 128527. 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.