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Fieldstown, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gardendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35071. It lies near Easterwood Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Gardendale quadrangle.

Fieldstown within Jefferson 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

192 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Fieldstown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,857 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 89 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/incendiarism89
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionPICKLE DRIVE, AL
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-8
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140921-002
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fieldstown: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Jef 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fieldstown in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Thunderstorm WindFieldstown-Several trees uprooted with power lines downed.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFieldstown-Several trees uprooted and blocking Fieldstown Road in the city of Gardendale.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Watson1.4 miles28
Mineral Springs1.6 miles28
Mount Olive2.0 miles27
Upper Coalburg2.1 miles30
Frances Heights2.2 miles30
Dogtown2.4 miles28
Gardendale2.6 miles27
Forestdale by the Brook2.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118270. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.