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Clarke Gardens, Alabama

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36605. It stands on Perch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hollingers Island quadrangle.

Clarke Gardens within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Clarke Gardens between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,163 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
20 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
4 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCHICKASAW
27 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Clarke Gardens: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Busby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gull Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Michele Estates1.1 miles33
Todd Acres1.8 miles33
Gulf Dale2.2 miles33
Mann2.4 miles33
Sherwood2.8 miles33
Lloyds2.8 miles33
Navco3.3 miles34
Forest Park3.3 miles34

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 Q122594969The 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 143249. 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.