Lavender Acres, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35473. The Survey maps it on the Lake Tuscaloosa South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1926 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Samantha quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Tuscaloosa South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Lavender Acres between 1994 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190922-3 |
| 21 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200920-2 |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lavender Acres: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Placer | |
| Holley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Holley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloverdale Estates | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Chapelwood | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Saratoga Estates | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Harperwood | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Candlewood | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wensa Place | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Western Plains | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Buckhead | 0.9 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122559358 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148325. 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.






