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Hardwick, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35120. The Survey maps it on the Wattsville quadrangle.

Hardwick within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

170 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Hardwick between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,364 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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 burning78
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Other causes1
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
9 September 1999Natural59 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Smoking5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hardwick: 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Limestone, General. 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
Odenville Copper ProspectCopper, Limestone, GeneralOccurrence1925
Jump-Off RockIronUnknown
OdenvilleIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
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
Odenville2.5 miles19
Branchville2.6 miles19
Crockertown3.3 miles19
Havilah Hills Estates3.3 miles19
Wattsville3.9 miles21
Tanyard3.9 miles21
Green Acres Estates4.4 miles19
Copper Springs4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164690. 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.