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Lansdowne, Alabama

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36693. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Theodore quadrangle.

Lansdowne within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

140 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Lansdowne between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,440 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160704-3
27 July 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lansdowne: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Stone. 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
Chris Dobbins Cement PlantStonePlant
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Joe Yates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Brunson Constrction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Busby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gull Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Laidlaw No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Canterbury Heights0.8 miles33
Crestview0.9 miles33
Skyland Park Estates1.1 miles32
Suburban Heights1.3 miles33
Scenic West Estates1.5 miles32
Southridge1.6 miles32
Tillmans Corner1.7 miles33
Sunset Ranch1.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143481. 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.