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Aden, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 35115. It stands on Glade Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pea Ridge quadrangle.

Aden within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

276 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Aden between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,856 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 163 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/incendiarism163
Debris and open burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2003Arson/incendiarism24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200906-2
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism17 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aden: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Alamag Copper Prospects No 2CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Anita1.4 miles18
Boothton1.5 miles18
Sawmill Town2.2 miles18
Gurnee2.6 miles18
Gurnee Junction3.2 miles18
Pea Ridge3.7 miles18
Glen Carbon3.7 miles18
Superior5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155979. 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.