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Cloverdale, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36106. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery South quadrangle.

Cloverdale within Montgomery County

On record in Cloverdale

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Cloverdale between 1995 and 2019, burning about 116 acres in total. 1 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-2
11 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
24 August 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2000Debris and open burning34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1995Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 June 2011Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1045 JACKSON FERRY ROAD , AL
3 June 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission69 GREEN LEAF, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cloverdale: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Alabama RiverSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
French Street Brick PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Browder PitClayProducer
Excelsior MineClayProducer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. PitClayProducer
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Montgomery River Plant & QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Ferry Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Cloverland0.8 miles21
Normandale0.9 miles21
Rosemond Estates1.0 miles21
Hillwood West1.1 miles21
Montgomery1.2 miles21
Edgemont Heights1.3 miles21
Druid Hills1.3 miles21
Wildwood1.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147784. 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.