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Willow Springs, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wetumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36093. It stands on Harwell Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willow Springs quadrangle.

Willow Springs within Elmore County

On record in Willow Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

118 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Willow Springs between 1994 and 2018, burning about 550 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning4.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission834 CO RD 4, AL
15 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150915-001
15 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Natural2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140828-002
28 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Willow Springs: 10 producers, 4 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. 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
Hillabee Pit No 2ClayProducer
Hodson PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Brannon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Froggy Bottom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mity Lene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oliver MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oliver PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
River Pit QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Blue Ridge Estates0.8 miles13
Azalea Woods Estates0.9 miles13
Redland Bluffs1.1 miles13
New Bingham1.5 miles13
Blue Ridge1.7 miles13
Jasmine Hill1.9 miles13
John Lee Acres3.1 miles13
Harrogate Springs3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157265. 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.