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Forest Manor, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35476. It lies near Holman Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Forest Manor within Tuscaloosa County

On record in Forest Manor

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Forest Manor between 1994 and 2020, burning about 469 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
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Natural1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-3
20 September 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200920-2
18 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission42 CR 82, AL
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism120 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 29, AL
26 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission7600 CHARLIE SHIRLEY ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Forest Manor: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Airport PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Holley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Holley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Crestdale0.2 miles17
Roselawn0.2 miles17
Brookmeade0.3 miles17
Crestmont0.3 miles17
Birdway Drive0.4 miles17
Hightown0.4 miles17
Oliver Heights0.4 miles17
Westridge0.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148159. 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.