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Northdale, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.

Northdale within Pike County

On record in Northdale

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Northdale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 346 acres in total. 1 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
21 July 2000Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 June 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission4430 NEEDMORE ROAD, AL
28 May 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190528-1
22 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission1388 CO RD 7708, AL
17 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 May 2018Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180513-1
11 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionOLD HWY 231 N, AL
10 May 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Northdale: 11 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Pik 4 Clay ProspectClayProspect
J A Curtis ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Westview0.2 miles8
Trojan Terrace0.4 miles8
Oaks Heights0.6 miles8
College Park0.6 miles8
Forest Circle0.7 miles8
Troy0.7 miles8
Green Oaks0.9 miles8
Heritage Ridge1.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730441. 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.