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Gulf Dale, Alabama

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36605. It stands on Robinson Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Hollingers Island quadrangle.

Gulf Dale within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Dale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 942 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
4 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined450 acresAlabama Forestry Commission4505 COMMERCE BLVD SOUTH, AL
25 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130625-001
14 June 2007Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 May 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2004Arson/incendiarismunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gulf Dale: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Calcium. 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
Gull DredgeCalciumPast Producer
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Flamingo DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Sherwood0.8 miles33
Forest Park1.5 miles34
Michele Estates1.7 miles33
Navco2.0 miles34
Clarke Gardens2.2 miles33
Neshota2.2 miles34
Cox2.4 miles34
Lloyds2.7 miles33

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 Q122571930The 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 143407. 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.