Bridgeville, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aliceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35442. The Survey maps it on the Aliceville South quadrangle.

Bridgeville within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1953 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Aliceville South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS West Point quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

49 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Bridgeville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 509 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Arson/incendiarism	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1998	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	333 JIMS RD, AL
1 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 July 2008	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	4046 SAPPS RD. - CARROLTON, AL, AL
4 June 2019	Railroad operations and maintenance	17 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190604-5
18 June 2012	Arson/incendiarism	17 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NWR-20120618-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens 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 Bridgeville: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Fair Lumber Co. Prospect	Aluminum, Kaolin	Occurrence
Fair Lumber Co. Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Pit #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Aliceville	1.8 miles	11
Stevens	2.0 miles	11
McMullen	3.5 miles	11
Garden	4.2 miles	11
Cunningham	5.1 miles	11
Hickory	5.8 miles	11
Olney	6.0 miles	11
Cochrane	6.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156112. 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.