BlockShadowood, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Fosters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35469. It stands on McCracken Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ralph quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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 Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Ralph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Shadowood between 1995 and 2019, burning about 436 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20150925-001 |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170911-2 |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 378 COUNTY ROAD 60, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shadowood: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Sylvan | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mountainbrook | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fosters | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Romulus Acres | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Romulus | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hull | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kings Acres | 10.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700481. 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.