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Lynndale, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36116. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery South quadrangle.

Lynndale within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lynndale between 1995 and 2019, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-2
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
4 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionOLD POND RD, AL
24 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2000Debris and open burning34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1995Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBRENTWOOD, AL
23 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150623-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lynndale: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Ferry Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Elsmeade0.3 miles21
Governors Estates0.6 miles21
Gay Meadows0.7 miles21
Powelldale0.8 miles21
Woodley Park0.9 miles21
Clubview Estates0.9 miles21
Gladlane Estates1.0 miles21
Woodley East Estates1.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122126. 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.