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Mechanicsville, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Smiths Station census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36874. The Survey maps it on the Beulah quadrangle.

Mechanicsville within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Mechanicsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,912 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism23
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-6
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarism85 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190929-8
21 September 2010Debris and open burning96 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresAlabama Forestry Commission952 LEE RD 357, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mechanicsville: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Feldspar. 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
Hearn MineClayProducer
Lee 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Halawaka1.3 miles13
Jester2.5 miles13
Wacoochee Valley2.6 miles13
McCulloh2.7 miles13
Powledge2.8 miles13
Tillery Crossroad3.2 miles13
Beulah3.6 miles13
Yarbrough4.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156694. 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.