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Pennsylvania, 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 36572. It stands on Hall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chickasaw quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Pennsylvania 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.

Fires near this place

113 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Pennsylvania between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,360 acres in total. None started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150906-002
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150918-005
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150917-003
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pennsylvania: 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerClay, Quartz
Dirt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
George Knapp Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Junior Acres0.9 miles30
Creola1.3 miles22
Satsuma1.5 miles30
Cox Beach1.5 miles30
Hatters2.1 miles22
Williams Heights2.5 miles30
Little Pines2.7 miles30
Mackies3.0 miles30

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q18392474The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124591. 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.