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Grandview Pines, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Elmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36054. It stands on Kenner Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deatsville quadrangle.

Grandview Pines within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

310 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Grandview Pines between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,005 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 58 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 burning98
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use34
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Recreation and ceremony18
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking7
Natural2

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-13
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Grandview Pines: 9 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite. 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
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerPlacer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Elmore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flatwood Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millbrook Scott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ready Mix Number 1 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Sand Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Springfield1.2 miles17
Robinson Springs1.5 miles17
Knollwood1.5 miles17
Shady Acres1.9 miles17
Springdale2.1 miles17
Broadmoor2.5 miles17
Overton Heights2.6 miles17
Rose Hill3.3 miles20

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 Q122547201The 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 137211. 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.