Sardis, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36037. The Survey maps it on the Pigeon Creek quadrangle.

Sardis within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Pigeon Creek quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1995 and 2020, burning about 841 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning	18
Arson/incendiarism	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
15 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2002	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20130827-004
27 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20130827-001
27 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20130827-002
27 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20130827-003
23 August 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	1.4 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler 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 Sardis: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Pigeon Creek	1.5 miles	7
Halso Mill	2.4 miles	7
Glasgow	5.9 miles	8
Oaky Streak	7.4 miles	7
Industry	7.7 miles	7
Mashville	8.7 miles	8
Brushy Creek	8.7 miles	9
Shell	9.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135789. 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.