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Klein, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Vincent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35078. It stands on Morgan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harpersville quadrangle.

Klein within Shelby County

On record in Klein

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

126 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Klein between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,238 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140925-002
23 September 2018Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-1
23 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism8.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 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

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Klein: 8 unknowns, 4 past producers. 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
P. HowlandBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Petrie Howland MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
T. J. FloreyBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
W.W.WyattBarium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
F P Cater Iron Ore ProspectIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
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
Chancellor Crossroads2.8 miles21
Wilsonville3.9 miles25
Harpersville4.2 miles21
Erratta4.3 miles19
Valentine4.3 miles25
Gallups Crossroads4.6 miles21
Creswell4.7 miles21
Indian Shoals4.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156568. 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.