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Bullard Shoals, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Concord-Rock Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bullard Shoals within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

212 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Bullard Shoals (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 5,309 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 104 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/incendiarism104
Debris and open burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-14
7 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning80 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-5
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism72 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 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 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Bullard Shoals (historical): 12 occurrences, 9 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mine No. 53Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Bessemer MineClayProducer
Bessemer PitClayProducer
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
No NameIronPast ProducerHematite
Potter MineIronPast Producer
Potter No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Raimund MineIronPast ProducerHematite

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
McAdory0.6 miles20
Lakeview Estates1.1 miles20
Dolonar1.7 miles24
West Highlands1.8 miles24
Virginia1.8 miles20
Chinn1.9 miles20
Smith Highlands2.1 miles24
Old Jonesboro2.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151342. 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.