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East Lake, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35206. It lies near Ruffner Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle.

East Lake within Jefferson County

On record in East Lake

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of East Lake between 1995 and 2019, burning about 562 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-8
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission618 CR 126, AL
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
31 July 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 6 & CR 81, AL
17 July 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use350 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 45 ( N OF 27), AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of East Lake: 14 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Citadel Cement OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alfretta MinesIronPast Producer1903
Alfretta No 1 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 3 MineIronUnknown
Alfretta No. 4 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 5 MineIronPast Producer
Bald Eagle MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Lake in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2025Flash FloodEast Lake-Significant street flooding was observed in areas, including 50th St N at 1st Ave N (U.S. 11), Coosa St at Richard Arrington Jr Blvd, and Oporto Madrid Blvd at Ludington Ln. 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain fell across the eastern part of downtown Birmingham, including near the airport, and the western part of Irondale, generally in the area of I-20.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Lake-Several trees uprooted at Rutherford Circle in the city of Birmingham.
June 2008HailEast Lake-no account filed

Every storm 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
Lake Highlands0.5 miles30
Trotwood Park0.6 miles30
South Highlands0.7 miles30
Lakewood0.9 miles30
Roebuck Terrace0.9 miles30
Central Highlands1.0 miles30
Kingsway Terrace1.1 miles30
Zion City1.1 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117777. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.