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Barnisdale Forest, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35235. It lies near Pilot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle.

Barnisdale Forest within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

45 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Barnisdale Forest between 1995 and 2018, burning about 432 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2003Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSMITH-SIMS ROAD, AL
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140805-001
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission618 CR 126, AL
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 6 & CR 81, AL
17 July 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Barnisdale Forest: 10 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alfretta MinesIronPast Producer1903
Alfretta No 1 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 3 MineIronUnknown
Alfretta No. 4 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 5 MineIronPast Producer
Bald Eagle MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer
Irondale MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Roebuck Forest0.5 miles30
Brookhurst0.8 miles30
Biscayne Highlands0.8 miles30
Paragon Estates0.9 miles30
Huffman Gardens1.0 miles30
Huffman1.0 miles30
Roebuck Plaza1.0 miles30
Roebuck Crest Estates1.3 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q122569637The 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 113507. 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.