Pine Grove Village, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Columbiana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35143. It stands on Kates Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shelby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1909 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Columbiana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Columbiana SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
184 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove Village between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,892 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 66 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 burning | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 55 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Smoking | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190902-1 |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove Village: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A and B Mine | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Eureka White Marble Co. Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Chain Gang Pit | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Kingdom Area | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrell Beach | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Creek | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Dogwood Point | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mostellers | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kewahatchie | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Wildwood Shores | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Shelby | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Shelby Shores | 4.6 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1805592. 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.









