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Kingston, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35212. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle.

Kingston within Jefferson County

On record in Kingston

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

37 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1993 and 2019, burning about 657 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-8
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-001
19 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission4309 SUNFLOWER STREET, AL
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
15 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

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 Kingston: 10 past producers, 3 plants, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Vermiculite. 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
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
Citadel Cement OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Irondale MineIronPast Producer
Kewanaw MineIronPast Producer
Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant
Ruffner MineIronPast Producer1887, 1955

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
Avon Park0.6 miles30
East Birmingham0.8 miles30
Eastwood0.8 miles30
Woodlawn0.9 miles30
Woodlawn Heights1.2 miles30
Avondale1.2 miles30
Vanderbilt1.2 miles30
Oak Ridge Park1.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121238. 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.