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Lakeview Estates, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Concord-Rock Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle.

Lakeview Estates within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

182 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 5,044 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 87 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/incendiarism87
Debris and open burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-14
7 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning80 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-5
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview Estates: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Bessemer MineClayProducer
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

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
Virginia0.9 miles20
Bullard Shoals (historical)1.1 miles20
McAdory1.7 miles20
West Highlands1.9 miles24
Valley Creek2.4 miles20
Chinn2.5 miles20
Dolonar2.5 miles24
North Highlands2.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144334. 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.