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Meadow Wood, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Guntersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville quadrangle.

Meadow Wood within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

64 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Wood between 1994 and 2019, burning about 672 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-25
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2011Arson/incendiarism11 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3106 CR 205, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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 Meadow Wood: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mal 1b Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Crossroads0.5 miles22
Sunrise Shores0.6 miles22
Lakeview1.3 miles22
Lindsay Lane1.6 miles22
Country Club Estates1.7 miles22
Mill Village1.9 miles22
Mountain View2.0 miles22
Sherwood Forest2.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148874. 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.