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Charmingdale, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36618. It stands on Red Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle.

Charmingdale within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

255 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Charmingdale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,428 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 98 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/incendiarism98
Debris and open burning77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1

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 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionAZALIA LANE (OAK GROVE), AL
29 September 2003Debris and open burning1.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Charmingdale: 9 producers, 4 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Laidlaw No. 1 PitClayPast Producer
Harris QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Laidlaw Number 1 QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brunson Number 5 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Eight Mine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Meadow Lane Estates0.5 miles27
Pretty Branch Estates0.8 miles27
Princeton Woods1.5 miles32
Acropolis Heights1.6 miles32
Crawford1.8 miles27
Indian Springs2.1 miles27
Parkwood2.1 miles27
Orchard2.2 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143209. 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.