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Allenville, Alabama

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36617. It stands on Toulmins Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mobile quadrangle.

Allenville within Mobile County

On record in Allenville

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 10 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

35 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Allenville between 1994 and 2017, burning about 243 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 16/CR 64, AL
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
9 June 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140527-003
27 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commission720 KENTUCKY RD, AL
2 April 2006Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20120412-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Allenville: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Perlite, Titanium. 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
Kerr-Mcgee Mobile FacilityTitaniumPlant
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mobile Aluminum Refining PlantAluminumPlant
Mobile PlantPerliteProducer
Mobile DredgeCalciumProducer
Oyster Shell Products/Canal PlantCalciumProducer
Laidlaw Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mobile MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pierre DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Toulminville1.3 miles34
Crichton1.5 miles34
Tacon1.7 miles34
Mobile2.0 miles34
Neely2.3 miles34
Plateau2.4 miles34
Prichard2.5 miles34
Magazine2.6 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113018. 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.