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Flat Creek, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the West Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35130. The Survey maps it on the Dora quadrangle.

Flat Creek within Jefferson 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

339 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 339 fires within 5 miles of Flat Creek between 1994 and 2019, burning about 5,648 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 152 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/incendiarism152
Debris and open burning118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-12
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Flat Creek: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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
Jef 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Waste Pond - Bessie MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite
Waste Pond - Flat Top MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite

Every working 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
West Jefferson1.3 miles24
Riverside Estates1.6 miles24
Praco2.4 miles22
Labuco2.4 miles22
Porter2.5 miles22
Palos2.5 miles24
Bessie Junction3.0 miles24
Media3.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118371. 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.