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Saint Elmo, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Grand Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36544. The Survey maps it on the Saint Elmo quadrangle. It stands 135 feet above sea level.

Saint Elmo within Mobile 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

581 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 581 fires within 5 miles of Saint Elmo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,907 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 276 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/incendiarism276
Debris and open burning180
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-16
8 September 2004Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-1
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Saint Elmo: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jackson Creek PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Grand Bay QuarrySilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mallette Brothers Number 1 PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Boe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
H & J Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mobile Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Irvington1.1 miles33
Fernland2.5 miles22
Dixon Corner3.6 miles24
Laurendine4.5 miles24
Grand Bay5.0 miles22
Theodore5.2 miles33
Fowl River5.3 miles24
Pinecrest5.9 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on Saint ElmoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7587864The 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 126090. 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.