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Sherwood Forest, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexander City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35010. The Survey maps it on the Alexander City quadrangle.

Sherwood Forest within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

83 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Forest between 1994 and 2019, burning about 564 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-9
12 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140912-001
12 September 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa 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 Sherwood Forest: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfides, 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
Dutch Bend MineGold, SulfidesPast ProducerBarite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Hillabee Plant and Pit Number 1ClayProducer
Chisolm ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Duncan ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Duncan ProspectGoldOccurrenceGold
Dutch Bend Ulrich Pits Romanoff MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Flint Hill1.3 miles12
Fuller1.5 miles12
Reeves1.5 miles12
Parish Hills1.6 miles12
Bevelle1.8 miles12
Dobbs2.0 miles12
Duncan2.0 miles12
Alexander City2.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137527. 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.