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Gilbert, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ashville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35987. It stands on Logan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Steele quadrangle.

Gilbert within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

139 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,285 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 33 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Natural8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-17
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gilbert: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Brothers Mill Gap/Moodys GapIronPast Producer
Garigues GapIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Chandler Mountain2.2 miles21
Steele2.4 miles22
Ferguson Crossroad4.2 miles21
Hood4.5 miles22
Whitney Junction4.5 miles19
Whitney4.5 miles19
Ashville5.5 miles19
Pinedale Shores6.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164664. 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.