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Kimbrell, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 35111. It stands on Cooley Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCalla quadrangle.

Kimbrell within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

191 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Kimbrell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,077 acres in total. None started naturally. 75 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/incendiarism75
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20130903-001
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-18
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Kimbrell: 20 occurrences, 14 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
Cobern No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R C Coleman ProspectIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Woodstock Brown Iron Ore DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1830, 1961
Martaban MineIronPast Producer
No NameIronPast ProducerHematite
O A Griffin ProspectIronOccurrence
Red Ridge Area, Birmingham DistriIronPast Producer
Rice Brothers ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Bucksville1.0 miles20
Tannehill1.3 miles20
Confederate Hill Estates1.6 miles20
Cloester Valley2.8 miles20
Rickey3.6 miles19
Lake View3.7 miles19
Million Dollar Lake Estates4.2 miles19
Caffee Junction4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 151955. 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.