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Joinertown, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Columbiana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35051. The Survey maps it on the Bounds Lake quadrangle.

Joinertown within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

162 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Joinertown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,238 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 71 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/incendiarism71
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Smoking2
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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200930-1
24 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-16
2 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism35 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Joinertown: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite. 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
C Johnson ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown

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
East Saginaw4.2 miles23
Camp Branch4.3 miles19
Columbiana5.3 miles16
Nelson5.5 miles16
Longview5.6 miles19
Deerhurst5.7 miles27
Saginaw5.8 miles19
Varnons6.0 miles19

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 Q122545826The 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 146480. 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.