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Redmont Park, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35205. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle.

Redmont Park within Jefferson County

On record in Redmont Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 24 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Redmont Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 724 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-6
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
2 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use350 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 45 ( N OF 27), AL
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200615-3
30 May 2011Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNORMAN DRIVE, AL
27 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120427-002
21 April 1999Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 April 1996Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Redmont Park: 11 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 plants, 2 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
East Thomas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wade Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Irondale MineIronPast Producer
Kewanaw MineIronPast Producer
Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Highland Residence Park0.6 miles30
Altamont Park0.7 miles30
English Village0.7 miles26
Forest Park0.9 miles30
Crestline Heights1.2 miles30
Mountain Brook1.2 miles30
Avondale1.3 miles30
Five Points South1.3 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 Q122564569The 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 125505. 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.