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Fairview, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Semmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36587. It stands on Collins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Semmes quadrangle.

Fairview within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

466 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 466 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,149 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 137 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 burning164
Arson/incendiarism137
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Recreation and ceremony40
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural7

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
5 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionAZALIA LANE (OAK GROVE), AL
29 September 2003Debris and open burning1.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20120927-001
27 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile 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: Clay, 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
Old Shell Road QuarryClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Churchill Downs2.1 miles19
Semmes2.5 miles19
Lott2.9 miles19
Millertown3.0 miles19
Wilmer3.8 miles19
Red Creek Heights3.9 miles27
Howells Ferry Heights4.0 miles24
Warley4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143322. 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.