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Sherwood Park, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35806. It stands on Sherwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle.

Sherwood Park within Madison County

On record in Sherwood Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Park between 1997 and 2011, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning7
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
19 September 1997Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSUNSET BLVD, AL
3 June 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood Park: 1 plant, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. 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
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.MolybdenumUnknown
Baker TerminalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Base PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Elko0.9 miles27
Lynwood Gardens1.6 miles27
Green Acres1.7 miles27
Summit Place1.8 miles27
Westlawn1.9 miles27
Hillmont2.0 miles25
Rutledge Heights2.2 miles27
Rideout Village2.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126708. 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.