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Lake Shore, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35404. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Lake Shore within Tuscaloosa County

On record in Lake Shore

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

7 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

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Lake Shore between 1994 and 2018, burning about 451 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Natural1
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
18 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism120 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 29, AL
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170829-1
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1996Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa 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 Lake Shore: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
American MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Echo Hill0.1 miles17
Claymont0.2 miles19
Coventry0.4 miles17
La Vera0.4 miles17
Beech Hills0.5 miles19
Eastwood Villa0.5 miles17
Bellview Heights0.5 miles17
Circlewood0.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148313. 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.