BlockPinedale Shores, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Roden Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mount Carmel quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Mt Carmel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Pinedale Shores between 1994 and 2018, burning about 730 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150922-002 |
| 28 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henryville | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Playground Shores | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| North (historical) | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Claysville | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Buck Island Shores | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Johnson (historical) | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Half Acre Estates | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Columbus City | 3.3 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pinedale Shores | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195479 | The 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 148854. 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.