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Ivanhoe, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 35040. It lies near Cahaba Valley. The Survey maps it on the Alabaster quadrangle.

Ivanhoe within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ivanhoe between 1994 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 31 S, AL
4 July 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 70, AL
31 July 2019Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190731-1
19 July 1995Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Ivanhoe: 8 producers, 6 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 plants. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Barium-Barite, Clay. 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
Calera PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Longview Mine & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Martin Marietta Cement PlantStonePlant
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Roberta PitClayProducer
A M Leonard ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
C B Naish MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
C V Moore ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
J E Naish ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
LongviewIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Dargin0.9 miles19
Montalla Acres1.3 miles19
Pasqua1.3 miles19
Varnons1.4 miles19
Stems1.6 miles19
Meadow Green2.4 miles19
Monte Bello2.5 miles19
Moores Crossroads2.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805579. 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.