Lakeridge, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35406. It stands on Waterfalls Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Nicol quadrangle.

Lakeridge within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1929 USGS Searles quadrangle1:48000
1934 USGS Searles quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Lake Nicol quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

85 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Lakeridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 burning	28
Arson/incendiarism	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Recreation and ceremony	7
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2020	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200920-2
18 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lakeridge: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lexington Downs	1.1 miles	20
Yacht Club Bay	1.4 miles	18
Wood Village	1.6 miles	18
Wood Villas	1.8 miles	17
Mariners Cove	2.0 miles	18
Colony Hills	2.4 miles	19
Holt	2.6 miles	19
South Holt	2.6 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148314. 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.