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Rockdale, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35022. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Rockdale within Jefferson County

On record in Rockdale

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

138 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Rockdale between 1994 and 2019, burning about 974 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism72 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1025 MANOR CIRCLE, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Rockdale: 19 occurrences, 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mine No. 53Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Bessemer MineClayProducer
Bessemer PitClayProducer
No NameIronPast ProducerHematite
O A Griffin ProspectIronOccurrence
Potter MineIronPast Producer
Potter No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Pyne MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Pyne MineIronPast Producer

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
Eastern Valley1.0 miles24
Hickory Grove1.2 miles24
Pleasant Hill1.4 miles24
Shady Brook1.5 miles24
Loveless Park1.5 miles24
Mobile Junction1.5 miles24
Flint Hill1.6 miles20
Raimund1.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125785. 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.