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Falliston, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35080. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Falliston within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

111 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Falliston between 1994 and 2019, burning about 775 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1994Debris and open burning1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Falliston: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Clay. 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
ParkwoodBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Alabaster Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Jef 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalciumProducer
Parkwood MineClayProducer
Helena QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lacon Plant No. 3 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scotrock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Helena, Ne OfIronPast ProducerResidual
Siluria, W OfIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Tacoa0.9 miles27
Helena1.0 miles27
Roebuck1.1 miles27
Calliston1.1 miles27
Fox Haven1.4 miles27
Shannon Glen1.4 miles27
Dearing Downs1.7 miles27
Dunaway Farms1.8 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545311The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156341. 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.