Rolling Acres, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36693. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Rolling Acres within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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.

1922 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1943 USGS Spring Hill quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1944 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Spring Hill quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

105 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Acres between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism	48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Debris and open burning	16
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
8 September 1995	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150902-001
18 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2016	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160704-3
1 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rolling Acres: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Halls Mill Pit	Silica	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Harrison Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Joe Yates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Halls Mill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Yates Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Mobile 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oakwood Estates	0.5 miles	32
Edgefield	0.5 miles	32
Coronado Estates	0.5 miles	32
Scenic West Estates	0.7 miles	32
Carriage Hills	0.8 miles	32
Ramada Estates	0.9 miles	32
Southridge	1.0 miles	32
Skyland Park Estates	1.2 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143698. 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.