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Friendship, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Arab census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35175. It stands on Brock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Arab quadrangle.

Friendship within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Friendship between 1995 and 2017, burning about 581 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Natural1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-13
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160902-1
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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 Friendship: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shale Pit No 2ClayProducer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Grassy1.5 miles24
Scant City1.7 miles24
Neighbors Mill2.0 miles22
Union Grove2.1 miles22
Meadowood3.0 miles20
Eddy3.1 miles20
North Arab3.3 miles20
Arab4.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156383. 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.