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Meadowbrook, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36203. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Meadowbrook within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Meadowbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,156 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 44 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/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning40
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
8 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160908-5
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Smoking8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in AlabamaSHOTGUN SHELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Meadowbrook: 17 unknowns, 14 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Glencoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lackey PitClayProducer
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carter Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Eulation Pike DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Skinner DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Th Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Amminston AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
Jenifer AreaIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Trinity0.3 miles21
McKibben0.5 miles21
House (historical)0.6 miles21
Forest Hills0.8 miles21
Knoxville1.7 miles21
Oxford2.1 miles21
Cheaha Acres2.2 miles21
Hobson City2.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 162200. 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.