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Edgefield, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tanner Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36609. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Edgefield within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

121 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Edgefield between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,123 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 54 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/incendiarism54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Edgefield: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, 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
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Joe Yates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
John Maples PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Yates Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Rolling Acres0.5 miles32
Carriage Hills0.6 miles32
Coronado Estates0.6 miles32
Oakwood Estates0.7 miles32
Ramada Estates0.8 miles32
Canebrake0.9 miles32
Scenic West Estates0.9 miles32
Southridge1.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143309. 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.