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Lees Park, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Needmore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. The Survey maps it on the Youngblood quadrangle.

Lees Park within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

67 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Lees Park between 1994 and 2019, burning about 752 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
23 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190923-5
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190915-2
8 August 2000Natural2.4 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Natural1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 June 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission4430 NEEDMORE ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lees Park: 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Pik 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Friendship2.0 miles8
River Ridge2.1 miles8
Youngblood2.4 miles8
Harmony2.7 miles8
Heritage Ridge2.8 miles8
Shellhorn3.2 miles8
Forest Circle3.3 miles8
Good Hope3.4 miles8

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 Q122549036The 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 139882. 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.