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Aldrich, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montevallo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35115. It stands on King Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aldrich quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Aldrich within Shelby County

On record in Aldrich

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.

Surveyed buildings and structures 3 records

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.

Photographs

3 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Farrington Hall, Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL
Farrington Hall, Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Superintendent's House, County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL
Superintendent's House, County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Aldrich Commissary, 137 Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL
Aldrich Commissary, 137 Shelby County Road 203, Aldrich, Shelby County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

87 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Aldrich between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140919-001
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Natural1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Aldrich: 10 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
White Chert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Montevallo MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
No 1 PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Pit No. 3ClayProducer
She 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
She 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brierfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aldrich in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2011Tornado (EF1)Aldrich$18,000A brief EF1 tornado with winds of 90 mph touched down just south of the intersection of County Road 10 and Homeland Way in the Aldrich community, approximately 3 miles northwest of Montevallo. Ten to twenty trees were either snapped or uprooted along the short, 0.19 mile track. In addition, one fourth of an outbuilding's metal roof was peeled off and tossed 50 yards.

Every storm 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
Almont0.8 miles18
Montevallo1.5 miles19
Wilton2.1 miles18
Dogwood3.2 miles19
Underwood3.3 miles19
Pea Ridge3.7 miles18
Valley Junction4.0 miles19
Ryan4.4 miles19

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 AldrichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17108724The 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 112976. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.