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Camden Place, Alabama

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Hoover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35226. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham South quadrangle.

Camden Place within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Camden Place between 1993 and 2016, burning about 637 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionETHERIDGE DR, AL
22 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 7, AL
22 August 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 1996Debris and open burning3.0 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 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Camden Place: 22 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Shannon PitClayProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Sloss No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Songo MineIronPast Producer
Spaulding MineIronPast Producer1886
Spaulding 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
Crest Estates0.6 miles26
Mill Run0.6 miles26
Imperial Forest0.8 miles26
Crest0.8 miles26
Shades Cliff0.9 miles26
Mountain Oaks0.9 miles26
Oxmoor0.9 miles26
Mountain Branch Estates1.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700149. 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.