North Mobile, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36611. It stands on Gum Tree Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chickasaw quadrangle.

North Mobile within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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.

1941 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1941 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1943 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

73 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of North Mobile between 1994 and 2017, burning about 675 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
14 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2001	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 June 2000	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 June 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
12 June 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	1675 CR 217, AL
8 May 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 May 2005	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 May 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	5254 OUTLAW RD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Mobile: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aluminum. 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	Recorded
Laidlaw No. 1 Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Laidlaw Number 1 Quarry	Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Mobile Aluminum Refining Plant	Aluminum	Plant
Oyster Shell Products/Canal Plant	Calcium	Producer
Brunson Pit Number 6	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Eight Mine Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Norwood	0.5 miles	30
Whistler	0.7 miles	30
Mauvilla Forest Estates	0.8 miles	30
Chickasaw	0.9 miles	30
Summerville	1.4 miles	34
Prichard	1.7 miles	34
Eight Mile	1.9 miles	27
Sibert	2.0 miles	34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124010. 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.