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Granato Estates, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Semmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36575. It stands on Stone Branch. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Granato Estates within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

250 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Granato Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 80 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 burning88
Arson/incendiarism80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionAZALIA LANE (OAK GROVE), AL
29 September 2003Debris and open burning1.7 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-003
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Granato Estates: 9 producers, 3 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Adams Dirt PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harris QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
John Maples PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Maples PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Orchard1.2 miles32
Glen Acres1.5 miles32
Ponderosa1.6 miles24
Princeton Woods1.7 miles32
Pretty Branch Estates1.8 miles27
Howells Ferry Heights2.1 miles24
Charmingdale2.2 miles27
Alpine Hills2.4 miles32

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 Q122550268The 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 143382. 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.