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Northside, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Gadsden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35901. It lies near Ewing Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden East quadrangle.

Northside within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

87 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Northside between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,114 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
20 September 1997Recreation and ceremony25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionGLENN ST., AL
22 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Recreation and ceremony9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Northside: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Kaolin, Aluminum, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Open PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Republic Steel Corp. PlantSulfurPast Producer
Anniston, Fort Payne, Ashville, Ala.Kaolin, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite, Kaolin
Ne Alabama Bauxite-KaolinKaolin, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Citico MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Daisy MineIronPast Producer
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect N0 2IronOccurrence
Etowah Iron Ore Prospect No 1IronOccurrence
Etowah No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Etowah No. 2 MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah 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
Monte Vista1.5 miles22
Goodyear1.9 miles18
Gadsden2.1 miles22
East Gadsden2.2 miles18
Black Creek Falls (historical)2.3 miles22
Pull Tight (historical)2.4 miles22
Bellevue2.4 miles22
The Highlands2.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 152709. 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.