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Ivy Chase, Alabama

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Hoover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35226. It stands on Hurricane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham South quadrangle.

Ivy Chase within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Ivy Chase between 1994 and 2019, burning about 693 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1302 MORGAN RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ivy Chase: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Bloating Material, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lacon Plant No. 3 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ParkwoodBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Jef 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Parkwood MineClayProducer
Shannon PitClayProducer
Johnson ProspectIronProspect
Pyne MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Pyne MineIronPast Producer
Songo MineIronPast Producer
T No. 10 MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Verdue Knolls0.7 miles26
Polo Trace0.7 miles26
Country Club Highlands1.1 miles26
Stonebrook Park1.1 miles26
Highland Crest1.1 miles26
Martinwood Estates1.2 miles26
Kenwood1.4 miles26
Forest Ridge Estates1.4 miles26

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 Q122596239The 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 1700178. 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.