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Sardis, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Petrey-Highland Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36041. It stands on Roberts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lapine quadrangle.

Sardis within Crenshaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1994 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony13
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
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
30 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140927-001
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140922-001
20 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120805-001
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Sardis: 12 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Cre 3 Clay ProspectClayPast Producer
Cre 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Cre 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Crenshaw 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
Saville1.9 miles8
Magnolia Shores2.4 miles8
Garnersville2.9 miles8
Highland Home3.5 miles8
Bradleyton3.9 miles8
Danielsville5.0 miles7
Helicon5.6 miles8
Fullers Crossroads5.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126397. 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.