Sherwood, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35401. It stands on University Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Sherwood within Tuscaloosa County

On record in Sherwood

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 12 of 14 shown

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

Foster Auditorium, The University of AlabamaNational Historic Landmark · listed 2005 · 0.8 miles away
Old Observatorylisted 1972 · 0.4 miles away
Gorgas-Manly Historic Districtlisted 1971 · 0.4 miles away
Pinehurst Historic Districtlisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Audubon Place Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
President's Mansionlisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away
Queen City Pool and Pool Houselisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
Guild-Verner Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Alabama Insane Hospitallisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away
Collier-Overby Houselisted 1971 · 0.9 miles away
Caplewood Drive Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Alabama Book Store, Thelisted 2020 · 0.5 miles away

Every listing in Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1924 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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	17
Arson/incendiarism	15
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Other causes	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
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2020	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200920-2
18 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	42 CR 82, AL
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 29, AL
26 August 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	7600 CHARLIE SHIRLEY ROAD, AL
13 August 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Airport Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE	Producer	Placer
American Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Plant No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant Operation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
W.T. Ratliff Co., Inc. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Guilds Woods	0.2 miles	17
Riverside Circle	0.2 miles	17
Capstone Court	0.4 miles	17
Rivermont	0.5 miles	17
Pinehurst	0.5 miles	17
Audubon Place	0.6 miles	17
Reston Place	0.7 miles	17
High Forest	0.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148549. 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.