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Mauvilla, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36613. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle. It stands 157 feet above sea level.

Mauvilla within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

325 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Mauvilla between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,484 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 152 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/incendiarism152
Debris and open burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
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 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130926-001
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180923-7
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Mauvilla: 10 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Smith PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Mob 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Mob 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Brunson Number 5 QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Brunson Pit Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
George Knapp Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit Camp No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Oak Grove1.4 miles27
Kushla2.0 miles27
Smithtown2.1 miles27
Northwood Estates2.2 miles27
Kali-Oka Springs2.4 miles27
Indian Hills3.2 miles27
Spanish Trace3.4 miles30
Indian Springs3.9 miles27

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.

Wikipedia article on MauvillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6794091The 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 122399. 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.