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Ozan, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Calera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35040. The Survey maps it on the Ozan quadrangle.

Ozan within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Ozan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,593 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 37 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190920-15
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 28/CR 57, AL
15 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ozan: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Calera PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Calera QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Roberta PitClayProducer
Heatley ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Springs Junction1.6 miles16
Calera2.0 miles19
Shelby Springs2.5 miles17
Stems2.7 miles19
South Calera2.8 miles16
Pasqua3.1 miles19
Dargin3.9 miles19
Montalla Acres4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156850. 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.