Dearing Place, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35401. It lies near River Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.
On record in Dearing Place
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 12 of 29 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Foster Auditorium, The University of AlabamaNational Historic Landmark · listed 2005 · 0.9 miles away
Collier-Overby Houselisted 1971 · 0.4 miles away
Robert Jemison Servants' Houselisted 1990 · 0.4 miles away
1305 Greensboro Av.listed 1972 · 0.4 miles away
Jemison School-Drish Houselisted 2015 · 0.5 miles away
Audubon Place Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
Battle-Friedman Houselisted 1972 · 0.5 miles away
Margaret Quayle Lustron Houselisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away
Kennedy-Foster Houselisted 2018 · 0.6 miles away
Guild-Verner Houselisted 1973 · 0.6 miles away
Murphy-Collins Houselisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away
Pinehurst Historic Districtlisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1924 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Dearing Place between 1994 and 2020, burning about 459 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200920-2 |
| 18 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 4921 CUVER RD, AL |
| 30 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 42 CR 82, AL |
| 3 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 29, AL |
| 26 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 7600 CHARLIE SHIRLEY ROAD, AL |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Dearing Place: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Placer | |
| American Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Collins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Holley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| W.T. Ratliff Co., Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East End | 0.2 miles | 17 | |
| Audubon Place | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Parkview | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pinehurst | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ingleside Village | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Tuscaloosa | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Riverside Circle | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Meadow Lawn | 0.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122541446 | The 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 148050. 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.






