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Eastwood, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oneonta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35121. It lies near Red Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Oneonta quadrangle.

Eastwood within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

114 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Eastwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,468 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-4
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160913-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Eastwood: 15 occurrences, 15 prospects, 11 past producers, 5 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Flagstone, Clay. 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
Champion MinesIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1885, 1945
Graystone PlantCalciumProducer
Blo 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Blo 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brown QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Lamb QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Oneoneta QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Unnamed ProspectManganese, IronProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Champion0.7 miles20
Oneonta1.0 miles20
Mattawana2.1 miles20
Graystone2.9 miles21
Chepultepec3.2 miles20
Allgood3.4 miles21
Taits Gap3.5 miles20
Hoods Crossroads3.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117803. 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.