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Lake View, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Abernant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35111. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Abernant quadrangle.

Lake View within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

225 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Lake View between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,733 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 85 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/incendiarism85
Debris and open burning71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony17
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 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 2007Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burning1.2 acresAlabama Forestry Commission7501 PINE VIEW ROAD-MCCALLA, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Lake View: 16 past producers, 12 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Iron. 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
Woodstock Brown Iron Ore DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1830, 1961
Cobern No. 1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woodstock MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
EdwardsIronUnknown
GilesIronUnknown
GreenpondIronUnknown
HayesIronUnknown
Martaban MineIronPast Producer
Red Ridge Area, Birmingham DistriIronPast Producer
Rice Brothers ProspectIronOccurrence

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
Million Dollar Lake Estates0.7 miles19
Cloester Valley1.1 miles20
Rickey2.0 miles19
Caffee Junction2.4 miles19
Chamblee2.8 miles19
Bucksville2.8 miles20
Chambers2.9 miles19
Abernant3.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1800806. 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.