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Mount Rozell, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35647. It stands on Bridgeforth Branch. The Survey maps it on the Union Hill quadrangle.

Mount Rozell within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Mount Rozell between 1994 and 2018, burning about 152 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180904-4
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionMONDAY ROAD, AL
30 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone 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 Mount Rozell: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Gilbert #2 QuarryPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1983
Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.46Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Limestone 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
Salem1.4 miles15
Scarce Grease2.5 miles14
Ridgway Mill2.8 miles14
Good Springs3.0 miles14
Cherry Grove3.6 miles14
Lester3.9 miles14
Gipsy4.2 miles15
Leggtown4.2 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122595441The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123379. 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.