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Monte Bello Estates, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Moody census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35004. It lies near Hurst Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cooks Springs quadrangle.

Monte Bello Estates within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

125 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Monte Bello Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,546 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning41
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-9
25 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-11
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160917-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Monte Bello Estates: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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
Leeds Cement PlantStonePlant
Leeds Mine & QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U.S. Steel Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leeds Brown Fe MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Leeds Brown Iron Ore MinesIronPast ProducerGoethite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Moody0.1 miles21
Hundred Oaks1.0 miles27
Braggsville1.1 miles27
Brompton1.2 miles21
Ridgewood Estates1.6 miles27
Saint Clair Forest1.6 miles21
Heritage Park1.7 miles27
Valleyhaven1.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 165134. 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.