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Warm Springs, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35150. It lies near Tanyard Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hollins quadrangle.

Warm Springs within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

174 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Warm Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,372 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 56 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 burning71
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-1
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Warm Springs: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Clay, Marble, Dimension, Iron. 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
Ceylon Graphite MineGraphite, Vanadium, MicaPast Producer1916
Old and New QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.6 ProspectFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Hertzfield MineMicaPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Ceylon GraphiteGraphitePast Producer1865, 1916
Gantts Number 4 QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Herd QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Overbrook0.3 miles23
Lake Joy0.4 miles23
The Moon3.1 miles23
Sunrise3.3 miles23
Liberty Hill3.3 miles23
Sylacauga4.3 miles23
Gantts Quarry4.9 miles23
Mignon5.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162566. 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.