English Village, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35803. It lies near Mathis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

English Village within Madison County

On record in English Village

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 1 record

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

Whitesburg Estates Historic Districtlisted 2024 · 0.5 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of English Village between 1993 and 2011, burning about 148 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Debris and open burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 June 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	FM 98-5
21 June 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
29 April 1996	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 April 2003	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
28 March 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	FM 98-3
26 March 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of English Village: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
South Parway Quarry No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
General Shale Products Co. Pit	Clay	Producer
Wheeler Lake Mine	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Park Estates	0.5 miles	23
Regent Forest	0.5 miles	23
Whitesburg Estates	0.6 miles	25
Hillwood	0.8 miles	25
Rocky Top Estates	0.9 miles	25
South Gate	0.9 miles	25
Weatherly Heights	1.1 miles	25
Forest Park	1.2 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 117994. 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.