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Lincoln, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35801. It stands on Normal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Lincoln within Madison County

On record in Lincoln

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 29 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Perkins-Orgain-Winston House, 401 Lincoln Street, Huntsville, Madison County, AL
Perkins-Orgain-Winston House, 401 Lincoln Street, Huntsville, Madison County, AL
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

13 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln between 1999 and 2011, burning about 55 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission217 CHRIS RYAN LANE TONEY ALABAMA, AL
12 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL
17 May 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission209 TOWNSEND DR., AL
29 April 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. 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
Huntsville North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.MolybdenumUnknown
Baker TerminalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Base PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Kildere Estates0.6 miles24
Pearsall Gardens0.6 miles24
Dallas0.6 miles25
Canterbury0.9 miles25
Huntsville1.1 miles25
Chapman Heights1.1 miles24
Echols Hill1.2 miles25
Country Club Park1.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121651. 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.