Shell, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Georgiana-McKenzie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36033. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKenzie quadrangle.

Shell within Butler 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.

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

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 Shell between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,030 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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	51
Arson/incendiarism	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Smoking	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
23 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2011	Natural	46 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	COOKS BRIDGE ROAD, AL
12 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 2006	Natural	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 July 2019	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190727-5
26 July 2009	Natural	9.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NEW HOME RD, AL
17 July 2020	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200717-6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shell: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	But 5 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect

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
Industry	2.2 miles	7
Rhodes	2.6 miles	8
Avant	2.9 miles	8
Brushy Creek	4.7 miles	9
East Chapman	5.0 miles	9
McKenzie	5.2 miles	8
Georgiana	5.3 miles	9
Oaky Streak	5.5 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157047. 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.