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Seddon, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pell City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35135. It stands on Fishing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle.

Seddon within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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 Seddon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 821 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning51
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Other causes1
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 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160912-8
12 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Seddon: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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
Riverside PitClayProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seddon in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2025Thunderstorm WindSeddon-Power lines were downed across Golf Course Rd in Pell City.
May 2013Flash FloodSeddon-Three to four inches of rainfall resulted in numerous roads in and around Pell City and Wattsville becoming impassable, including portions of Dr. John Haynes Dr., Florida Rd., Mt. Moriah Rd., and 19th St.

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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
Ilamo0.8 miles24
Dunrowin1.4 miles24
Riverside1.6 miles24
Pleasant Valley2.0 miles21
Dellwood2.2 miles21
Crestview Gardens2.2 miles21
Woodmont2.3 miles21
Avondale Village2.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164849. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.