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Fairview, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ragland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35131. It lies near Starvation Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ragland quadrangle.

Fairview within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

139 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,591 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning56
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-15
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190904-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 3 prospects, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum, Iron. 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
A T Cox ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Dobbins QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Hebble MineAluminumPast Producer
Ragland Cement PlantStonePlant
St. Clair CountyIronProspect
Ragland MineClayProducer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ragland Shale PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Ragland2.7 miles24
Wattsville5.7 miles21
Coal City6.4 miles21
Ashville7.0 miles19
Cool Springs7.5 miles19
Hardwick8.5 miles21
Pinedale Shores8.7 miles19
Pleasant Valley9.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164650. 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.