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Longview, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35007. The Survey maps it on the Alabaster quadrangle.

Longview within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Longview between 1994 and 2019, burning about 598 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Other causes1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 31 S, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Longview: 9 producers, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Alabaster Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalciumProducer
Longview Mine & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Calera QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Maylene Quarry No. 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Montevallo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scotrock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Verlie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Verlie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longview in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLongview$2,000Several trees were snapped along Interstate 65, between mile markers 235 and 236.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLongview-Several trees uprooted along Highway 26 near the intersection of Camp Branch Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLongview-Several trees uprooted along County Road 26.
December 2014Flash FloodLongview-County road 87 near the intersection of Highway 31 has become impassable due to water covering the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Saginaw1.2 miles19
Camp Branch1.2 miles19
Verlie1.4 miles19
Willmay1.5 miles19
Scottsdale2.2 miles19
Elliotsville2.5 miles19
Glen Forest2.5 miles19
Varnons2.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152152. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.