Coaldale, Alabama

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Warrior census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35180. It stands on Gurley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warrior quadrangle.

Coaldale within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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.

1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1951 USGS Warrior quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Warrior quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

270 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Coaldale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,516 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 62 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	94
Debris and open burning	72
Arson/incendiarism	62
Recreation and ceremony	21
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	3
Smoking	2

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 2002	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Linton	0.7 miles	26
Warrior	1.3 miles	26
Seloca	2.5 miles	26
Trafford	2.6 miles	23
Cherokee Estates	2.8 miles	26
Parker Hudson Estates	2.9 miles	26
Cane Creek	3.3 miles	26
Thermal (historical)	3.6 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116312. 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.