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Cedar Point, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the New Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35760. It lies near Keel Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle.

Cedar Point within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Point between 1994 and 2019, burning about 504 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
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
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-7
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130928-002
26 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-19
18 September 1998Debris and open burning30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120813-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cedar Point: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Elm 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Poplar Ridge1.5 miles23
Butler Mill2.4 miles23
Nebo3.1 miles23
Lowe (historical)4.0 miles22
New Hope5.2 miles22
Berkley5.5 miles22
Owens Cross Roads6.3 miles22
Cherrytree6.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156159. 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.