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Piedmont, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35801. It lies near Garth Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Piedmont within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont between 1994 and 2011, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
18 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission217 CHRIS RYAN LANE TONEY ALABAMA, AL
12 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL
25 April 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 February 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 October 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 October 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3196 CR 2 , AL
14 October 2000Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Piedmont: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Molybdenum. 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
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.MolybdenumUnknown
Wheeler Lake MineClayProducer
Baker TerminalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Base PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Madison 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
English Terrace0.5 miles25
Mayfair0.9 miles25
Westbury1.0 miles25
Tannahill Estates1.2 miles25
Fleming Meadows1.3 miles25
Longwood1.3 miles25
Greenwycke Village1.4 miles25
Jones Valley Estates1.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124704. 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.