Pearson, Alabama
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Big Sandy-Duncanville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35456. The Survey maps it on the Pearson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Brookwood quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Cottondale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Pearson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Pearson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Pearson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,291 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 41 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | EOLINE, AL |
| 3 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 82 CENTREVILLE, AL |
| 27 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-9 |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 413 acres | National Forests in Alabama | OK 745 |
| 17 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20130917-002 |
| 15 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pearson: 1 unknown. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearson in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson | - | Trees uprooted and on houses in the Northwood Lake Subdivision. Power lines downed near Union Chapel Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagler | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Duncanville | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Coaling | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Dudley | 9.4 miles | 19 | |
| Judson Park | 10.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Cove | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Monticello Estates | 10.6 miles | 20 | |
| Grimes | 10.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160352. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








