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Meadow Lake, Alabama

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36619. The Survey maps it on the Theodore quadrangle.

Meadow Lake within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

381 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 381 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Lake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,312 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 194 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/incendiarism194
Debris and open burning93
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-1
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1996Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Meadow Lake: 7 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Chris Dobbins Cement PlantStonePlant
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Jackson Creek PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Joe Yates PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Brunson Constrction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Laidlaw No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Yates 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
Robinwood1.5 miles33
Dawes1.7 miles23
Rabbit Creek Estates2.2 miles33
Windcrest2.4 miles33
Quail Run2.7 miles33
Country Squire Estates2.9 miles32
Cottage Park Estates3.1 miles24
Suburban Heights3.1 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 163272. 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.