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Ashley Oaks, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36613. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle.

Ashley Oaks within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

110 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Ashley Oaks between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,125 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
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
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190612-2
12 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1675 CR 217, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ashley Oaks: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Mob 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brunson Number 5 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Eight Mine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

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
Eight Mile0.4 miles27
Rosehaven1.4 miles27
Parkwood1.4 miles27
Whistler1.7 miles30
Henry Road Estates1.8 miles27
North Mobile2.3 miles30
Norwood2.4 miles30
College Woods2.6 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143118. 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.