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Farnell, Alabama

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36605. It stands on Bolton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mobile quadrangle.

Farnell within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Farnell between 1994 and 2019, burning about 480 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 16/CR 64, AL
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
10 June 2011Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission5509 WHITE PINE DR., AL
30 May 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Farnell: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay, Calcium. 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
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Kerr-Mcgee Mobile FacilityTitaniumPlant
Mobile DredgeCalciumProducer
Mobile PlantPerliteProducer
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Laidlaw Pit No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mobile MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pierre DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Belvedere0.7 miles34
Neshota0.8 miles34
Navco1.0 miles34
Cox1.1 miles34
Forest Park1.3 miles34
Mertz1.5 miles34
Bridlewood1.6 miles34
Brookwood1.7 miles34

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 Q122594521The 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 118209. 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.