BlockMashville, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36037. The Survey maps it on the Greenville East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Greenville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Mashville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 856 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200807-1 |
| 6 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200806-3 |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 102 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 102 workings within 5 miles of Mashville: 47 past producers, 44 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler County Brown Iron Ore Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1929 | |
| Joe P Henderson Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| R E Smith Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Greenville | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Halso Mill | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Daisy | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Wald | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Reddock Springs | 8.1 miles | 8 |
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 Q122570019 | The 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 156666. 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.