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Caldwell, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35146. The Survey maps it on the Ashville quadrangle.

Caldwell within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,318 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Caldwell: 8 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold. 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
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Barker Mountain ProspectIronProspect
Goodwins Mill AreaIronPast Producer
Springville-St. Clair AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caldwell in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-A few trees were uprooted along I-59, Chandler Mtn Rd, and Mosley Rd in northern St. Clair County.
March 2018Tornado (EF1)Caldwell-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in northern St. Clair County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph. This tornado began just west of the St. Clair/Blount County line near Jones Chapel Loop Road. The tornado crossed Blount Mountain along Walker Gap Road and crossed Crawford Cove Road near Highway 11. Trees in this area were mainly uprooted with only a few snapped off. The tornado continued eastbound and eventually lifted near the Interstate 59 rest area just south of the Ashville exit. The majority of the damage was due to trees falling on structures and power lines.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Tucker Lane.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCaldwell-Trees and powerlines were reported down near the intersection of Highway 23 and Highway 31.
July 2012HailCaldwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Goodwins Mill1.2 miles21
Cool Springs2.2 miles19
Pinedale Shores3.2 miles19
Saint Clair Springs4.0 miles21
Whitney5.4 miles19
Whitney Junction5.5 miles19
Ashville6.1 miles19
Springville6.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164586. 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.