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Pinedale Shores, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Ashville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35953. The Survey maps it on the Ashville quadrangle.

Pinedale Shores within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

167 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Pinedale Shores between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,544 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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 burning74
Arson/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pinedale Shores: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dobbins QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Hebble MineAluminumPast Producer
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Hatchet Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Barker Mountain ProspectIronProspect
Goodwins Mill AreaIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Whitney2.4 miles19
Whitney Junction2.6 miles19
Cool Springs3.0 miles19
Ashville3.2 miles19
Caldwell3.2 miles19
Goodwins Mill4.0 miles21
Gilbert6.8 miles22
Saint Clair Springs7.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164807. 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.