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Mount Lebanon, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35773. It stands on Sweetwater Branch. The Survey maps it on the Meridianville quadrangle.

Mount Lebanon within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Mount Lebanon between 1997 and 2016, burning about 154 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120922-001
2 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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
Colonial Gardens1.0 miles24
Gladstone2.0 miles23
Meridianville2.1 miles24
Valley View Estates3.8 miles24
Baltimore Hill3.9 miles24
Cedar Valley4.0 miles24
Mount Charron Estates4.1 miles24
Cedargate4.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156747. 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.