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Maxwell, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Big Sandy-Duncanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35405. It lies near Kings Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Englewood quadrangle.

Maxwell within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Maxwell between 1994 and 2018, burning about 382 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
24 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-17
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCOUNTY ROAD 72, AL
14 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140808-003
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maxwell: 4 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
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxwell in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-Several hardwood trees were uprooted. This was immediately to the right of a tornado path and believed to be the rear flank downdraft damage.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMaxwell-At least 10 homes suffered minor roof damage or siding damage. This damage occurred to the right of a tornado path and was believed to be the rear flank downdraft damage.
March 2012HailMaxwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Little Sandy1.4 miles17
Hull2.0 miles17
Englewood2.3 miles17
Manora Estates3.8 miles17
Raintree Country3.9 miles20
Taylorwood Estates3.9 miles17
Monticello Two4.4 miles20
Taylorville Heights4.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160059. 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.