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Sherwood Shores, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35096. It lies near McCoys Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Ragland quadrangle.

Sherwood Shores within Talladega 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

180 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Shores between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,896 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 56 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 burning65
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190905-15
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190904-6
18 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190918-19
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood Shores: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. 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
Ragland Cement PlantStonePlant
Ragland MineClayProducer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ragland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ragland Shale PitClayProspect

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Embry Bend0.7 miles24
Refuge4.5 miles24
Clear Springs5.9 miles24
Lincoln6.1 miles23
Embry Crossroads6.2 miles24
Blue Eye6.2 miles24
Yatesville6.5 miles23
England Isle6.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 144977. 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.