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Chambers, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Abernant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35111. The Survey maps it on the Woodstock quadrangle.

Chambers within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

196 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Chambers between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,635 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 56 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 burning60
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony22
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130903-001
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Chambers: 19 unknowns, 15 past producers, 13 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. 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
Woodstock Brown Iron Ore DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1830, 1961
Cobern No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodstock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodstock QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bibb CountyIronUnknown
EdwardsIronUnknown
GilesIronUnknown
GreenpondIronUnknown
HayesIronUnknown
HayesIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Chamblee0.5 miles19
Caffee Junction1.1 miles19
Docray1.3 miles19
Rickey1.7 miles19
Million Dollar Lake Estates2.3 miles19
Lake View2.9 miles19
Cloester Valley3.7 miles20
Abernant4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156164. 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.