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Cedar Valley, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35810. It lies near Wade Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Meridianville quadrangle.

Cedar Valley within Madison County

On record in Cedar Valley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Valley between 1997 and 2016, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4

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
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120922-001
18 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 May 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160518-2

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 Valley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Huntsville North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Cedargate0.2 miles24
Lincoya0.5 miles24
Valley Park0.7 miles24
Cherokee Hills1.2 miles24
Stag Run1.3 miles24
Windsor Manor1.6 miles24
Cherry Creek1.6 miles24
Meadow Lane Estates1.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146759. 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.