Keel, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35747. It sits by Big Rock. The Survey maps it on the Grant quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Keel within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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.

1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1936 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000
1947 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Grant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Keel (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 616 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Debris and open burning	14
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160930-4
30 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	4.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160930-7
22 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2011	Smoking	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 431 S, AL
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150728-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keel (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Diamond Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bucksnort	1.0 miles	23
Humpton	2.1 miles	23
Honeycomb Park	2.8 miles	24
Grant	3.0 miles	23
Shady Acres	3.3 miles	24
Woodall Place	3.6 miles	23
Pine Shores	3.6 miles	24
Campbell Mill	3.7 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 139413. 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.