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Green Tree, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Oakland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35633. It stands on Smith Ditch. The Survey maps it on the Sinking Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Green Tree within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

154 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Green Tree (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,255 acres in total. None started naturally. 65 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/incendiarism65
Debris and open burning47
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use30 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130903-001
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission115 COUNTY ROAD 249, AL
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 200, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale 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
Kimbrough Crossroads2.6 miles18
Oakland2.9 miles18
Glen Oaks3.3 miles18
Woodland3.6 miles18
Cypress Crest3.7 miles19
Glendale Estates4.0 miles19
Smithsonia4.3 miles19
Country Club Acres4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 145212. 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.