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Cunningham, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gardendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35071. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gardendale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cunningham within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

101 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 712 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-4
24 September 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-7
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-19
17 September 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cunningham (historical): 5 occurrences, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
TarrantIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
New Castle1.8 miles27
Gardendale2.5 miles27
Pawnee Heights3.4 miles28
Humoro3.9 miles30
Larkwood4.1 miles28
Crosston4.2 miles28
Robinwood4.2 miles30
Fulton Springs4.2 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144125. 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.