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Fairview, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35613. The Survey maps it on the Capshaw quadrangle.

Fairview within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

80 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1994 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
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
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-7
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairview: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Vulcan Materials Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Limestone 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
East Limestone1.5 miles21
Copeland2.2 miles21
Fairmount2.4 miles22
Capshaw3.0 miles21
French Mill3.5 miles22
Sardis Springs3.6 miles22
Country Acres3.9 miles21
Oakdale Acres4.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118131. 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.