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Bridgehead, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Daphne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36527. It stands on North Fork D'Olive Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bridgehead quadrangle.

Bridgehead within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

69 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Bridgehead between 1994 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Fireworks1

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 1995Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-4
20 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150920-009
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission26680 POLLARD ROAD, AL
8 July 2016Natural10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160708-4
8 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 225 & BLAKELEY RD., AL
4 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bridgehead: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Bal 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Y P S Kaolin ProspectKaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bridgehead in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBridgehead$5,000Winds estimated at 70 mph blew power lines down along US 31 near Spanish Fort.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Fort McDermott0.4 miles24
Spanish Fort0.5 miles24
Park City1.7 miles24
Jackson Oak3.1 miles21
Malbis3.2 miles18
Daphne4.5 miles21
Yelling Settlement5.1 miles18
Blakeley5.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 114904. 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.