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Mount Sharon, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Sylacauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35044. It stands on Waters Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wilsonville quadrangle.

Mount Sharon within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

120 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Mount Sharon between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,942 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 33 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarism8.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-24
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-11
16 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-16
4 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use210 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150804-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Mount Sharon: 12 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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
Butler Estate MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Childersburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sylacuga QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adair & Brewer DiggingsIronPast ProducerResidual
Cliett ProspectIronProspect
Mcpherson's BankIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Kahatchee0.6 miles25
Fayetteville4.5 miles25
Cospers Bend4.8 miles21
Grove Park5.0 miles19
Deans5.1 miles25
Center Hill5.1 miles23
Minor Terrace5.4 miles19
Bon Air5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156753. 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.