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Edgemont Park, Alabama

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35209. It stands on Griffin Brook. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham South quadrangle.

Edgemont Park within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

38 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Edgemont Park between 1993 and 2016, burning about 611 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 7, AL
3 July 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1302 MORGAN RD, AL
16 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 97, AL
27 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120427-002
22 April 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Edgemont Park: 19 past producers, 5 plants, 4 producers, 4 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
East Thomas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shannon PitClayProducer
Wade Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant

Every working 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
Edgemoor Estates0.3 miles26
Oak Grove Estates0.5 miles26
Lakeview Park0.9 miles26
Edgemont1.0 miles26
Crest1.2 miles26
Spaulding1.2 miles26
Lakewood Hills1.3 miles26
Lake Drive Estates1.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117860. 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.