Industrial City, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:48000
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Industrial City between 1994 and 2019, burning about 740 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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/incendiarism | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190921-23 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ETHERIDGE DR, AL |
| 20 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20120705-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Industrial City: 14 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Portland Cement Company Plant | Stone | Plant | ||
| Dolonah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ironaton | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Ironaton | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Sloss Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Sloss No. 1 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sloss No. 2 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| T No. 2 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| T No. 3 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| T No. 4 Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Industrial City in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Lightning | Industrial City | 1 hurt | A person was struck by lightning and transported to a local hospital. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Industrial City | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down on 11th Avenue, near Midfield. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Industrial City | - | Widespread heavy rainfall and flooding across southern Jefferson County, mainly along and south of I-20 and along and east of I-65. Numerous roads flooded and impassable in the cities of Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, Downtown Birmingham and Mountain Brook. Village Creek At Avenue W in Birmingham rose above flood stage (10 Feet) at crested at 13 feet, causing major flooding in this area. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Brooklane Place | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Woodmont | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Vineland Park | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Hueytown | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Collins | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Avalon Park | 1.0 miles | 24 | |
| Harlem Heights | 1.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q122570326 | The 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 120676. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











