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Little Shenandoah, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Locust Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35172. It stands on Whites Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nectar quadrangle.

Little Shenandoah within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

154 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Little Shenandoah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,375 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 37 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 burning63
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-1
27 September 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-15

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Little Shenandoah: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
F & W Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Wallstown1.4 miles21
Lehigh2.0 miles23
Cedar Springs2.0 miles23
Adville2.0 miles21
Dallas2.6 miles23
Mount Olive2.8 miles21
Harkness Crossroads3.0 miles21
Selfville3.7 miles23

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 Q122555252The 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 135193. 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.