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Saddlewood, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Trussville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35173. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Argo quadrangle.

Saddlewood within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Saddlewood between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,205 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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 1995Debris and open burning1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-9
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160917-6
17 September 2003Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSMITH-SIMS ROAD, AL
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama 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 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Saddlewood: 13 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Industrial Sand Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Trussville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D P Anderson ProspectIronOccurrence
J O Norris ProspectIronOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

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
Rolling Hills0.5 miles27
Southern Acres0.7 miles27
East Trussville (historical)0.9 miles27
Breakstone Village1.0 miles27
Sherman Oaks1.2 miles27
Cotton Ridge1.3 miles27
Vanns1.6 miles27
Moss Rock1.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700584. 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.