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Frenchtown, Alabama

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35214. It lies near Enon Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle.

Frenchtown within Jefferson County

On record in Frenchtown

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 4 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

100 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Frenchtown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 863 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-8
26 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-16
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-001
18 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission4309 SUNFLOWER STREET, AL
4 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Frenchtown: 10 past producers, 5 plants, 4 producers, 3 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
East Thomas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wade Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watkins Number 1 PitClayProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant

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
Tuxedo Heights0.5 miles28
Little Italy0.5 miles28
Village Creek Junction0.8 miles28
Shadyside0.8 miles28
Ensley0.8 miles28
East Thomas Gardens1.1 miles30
The Drifttracks1.2 miles28
Sherman Heights1.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151393. 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.