Ne Smith, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hatton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35672. It lies near Shaver Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hatton quadrangle.

Ne Smith within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1936 USGS Hatton quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Hatton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Hatton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

106 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Ne Smith between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,081 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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 burning	45
Arson/incendiarism	40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160908-16
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160927-3
21 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ne Smith: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hyde Mountain	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wolf Springs	2.4 miles	15
Hatton	2.4 miles	15
Oak Grove	2.9 miles	15
Loosier	3.5 miles	13
Edmond	3.7 miles	15
Avoca (historical)	4.3 miles	19
Terrytown	4.9 miles	13
Rigdom	4.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 123657. 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.