Fleming Meadows, Alabama
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35802. It lies near Drake Cove. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fleming Meadows between 1994 and 2011, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL |
| 26 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 February 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 October 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 October 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | FM 98-9 |
| 25 October 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 3196 CR 2 , AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fleming Meadows: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Parway Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala. | Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Wheeler Lake Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Baker Terminal | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Base Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Tannahill Estates | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Jones Valley Estates | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Flemington Heights | 1.1 miles | 25 | |
| Bel Air Estates | 1.2 miles | 25 | |
| Piedmont | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Fleming Hills | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Parkway Estates | 1.7 miles | 25 |
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 Q122563976 | The 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 118415. 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.











