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East Arlington, 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 Dalys Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

East Arlington within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

60 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of East Arlington between 1995 and 2018, burning about 391 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
18 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism120 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 29, AL
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of East Arlington: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Airport PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
American MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W.T. Ratliff Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Fitts Heights0.1 miles17
Arlington Drive0.1 miles17
Meadowbrook0.3 miles17
Fairway Drive0.3 miles17
Camellia Park0.3 miles17
Cherry Dale0.4 miles17
Forest Hills0.4 miles17
Hickory Forest0.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148075. 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.