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Madison, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35020. It lies near Flint Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.

Madison within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

122 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Madison between 1994 and 2019, burning about 807 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1025 MANOR CIRCLE, AL
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-8
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Madison: 26 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shannon PitClayProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Raimund No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Sloss MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Sloss No. 1 MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Bon-Air0.3 miles24
Roosevelt0.5 miles24
Fairfield Highlands0.7 miles24
Valhalla0.7 miles24
Brighton0.8 miles24
West Fairfield0.8 miles24
East Brighton0.8 miles24
Glen Oaks0.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122190. 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.