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Fairview, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35049. It stands on Chitwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle.

Fairview within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

102 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,428 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130927-001
22 September 2016Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-1
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 5 occurrences, 5 prospects, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Graystone PlantCalciumProducer
Quality Rock PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Village Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Blount CountyIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

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
Easley1.0 miles21
Blow Gourd1.5 miles21
Cleveland2.4 miles21
Deavers Town2.7 miles21
Rosa3.4 miles21
Graystone3.6 miles21
Little Warrior4.0 miles21
Nectar4.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156336. 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.