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Scottrock, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35007. It stands on Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Scottrock within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

106 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Scottrock between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,367 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Scottrock: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Alabaster Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalciumProducer
Longview Mine & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Helena QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scotrock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Verlie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Verlie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
A M Leonard ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
C B Naish MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
C V Moore ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Alabaster0.6 miles19
Valley Forge0.7 miles27
Navajo Hills0.7 miles27
Kingwood0.9 miles27
Navajo Pines1.0 miles27
Port South1.0 miles27
Hardy1.1 miles27
Keystone1.4 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q122591127The 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 157028. 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.