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Fairview, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35904. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden East quadrangle.

Fairview within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

165 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,642 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 97 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/incendiarism97
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 14 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Open PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Citico MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Crudup MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Daisy MineIronPast Producer
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect N0 2IronOccurrence
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect No 1IronOccurrence
Etowah No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Etowah No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Gadsen Area MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Hanna Steel/ Gadsden, Ala.IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Brice1.1 miles18
Crudup1.1 miles22
Morton (historical)1.4 miles22
Wilsons (historical)1.5 miles18
Oakdale2.0 miles18
Tuckahoe Heights2.1 miles22
Pleasant Hill2.5 miles22
Daisy2.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 149050. 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.