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Redstone Park, Alabama

23 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 35803. It lies near Little Farley Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Farley quadrangle.

Redstone Park within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Redstone Park between 1993 and 2019, burning about 276 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
3 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180903-6
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190912-15
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionREDSTONE ARSENAL, AL

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 Redstone Park: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dixie Dredge No.8Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South Parway Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Shale Products Co. PitClayProducer
Wheeler Lake MineClayProducer

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
Farley0.3 miles23
Green Cove Meadows0.4 miles23
Sandhurst Park0.7 miles23
Whitesburg1.4 miles23
South Park Estates1.6 miles23
Regent Forest1.8 miles23
Woodridge1.8 miles23
Mountain Gap Estates2.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125506. 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.