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Chelsea, Alabama

25 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 35805. It stands on Merrimac Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Chelsea within Madison County

On record in Chelsea

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

12 surveys from 25 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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Chelsea between 1997 and 2011, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
19 September 1997Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission217 CHRIS RYAN LANE TONEY ALABAMA, AL
12 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL
5 October 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 October 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 98-9
25 October 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3196 CR 2 , AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chelsea: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Molybdenum. 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
South Parway Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.MolybdenumUnknown
Wheeler Lake MineClayProducer
Baker TerminalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Base PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chelsea in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2016LightningChelsea1 killed, 3 hurtMedia reports lightning has struck an individual on the Redstone Stone Arsenal grounds. Strike developed well outside the line of storms. Time estimated by NASA SPoRT.||From WAAY: Redstone Arsenal officials confirm that a contractor was killed on post Thursday after a possible lightning strike. ||The man, who worked for Eskola Roofing based in Morristown TN., was pronounced deceased Thursday night at 11:30pm at UAB Hospital. Garrison officials say that the man was working near PEO Aviation at 2:45pm when he was injured.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindChelsea$2,000Multiple power poles were knocked down along Patton Road. Relayed via social media.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindChelsea-A large tree was knocked down on the Tree Haven Glen Apartment Complex.
April 2009HailChelsea-Golf ball size hail fell at the intersection of Martin and Patton Roads in Huntsville.
September 2009Flash FloodChelsea-Minor street flooding was reported at Country Club just west of Memorial Parkway.

Every storm 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
Oak Leaf0.6 miles25
Pea Ridge0.7 miles25
Huntsville Park1.1 miles25
West Huntsville1.7 miles25
Westbury1.8 miles25
Piedmont1.9 miles25
Mayfair1.9 miles25
Fleming Meadows2.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115992. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.