BlockCoal City, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pell City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35131. It stands on Suck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wattsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Springville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Springville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wattsville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Wattsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Coal City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,840 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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 burning | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190905-15 |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190904-6 |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Coal City: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wattsville | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Tanyard | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Stewarts | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Ridge | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Park Hill | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Crestview Gardens | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Avondale Village | 4.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164607. 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.