Centercrest, Alabama
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35215. The Survey maps it on the Pinson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1907 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Pinson quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Pinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Centercrest between 1994 and 2019, burning about 600 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NARROWS RD , AL |
| 28 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 618 CR 126, AL |
| 22 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Centercrest: 17 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Pinson Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Goethite | |
| Alfretta Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Alfretta No 1 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Alfretta No. 2 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Alfretta No. 3 Mine | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Alfretta No. 4 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J O Norris Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mt. Pinson Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Tarrant | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead | 0.3 miles | 28 | |
| Holiday Park Estates | 0.3 miles | 28 | |
| Woodaire Estates | 0.5 miles | 28 | |
| Gable Cove | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Centerwood Estates | 0.9 miles | 28 | |
| Center Point | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Larkwood | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Godwin Estates | 1.4 miles | 28 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122554072 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115872. 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.











