Sky Ranch, 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 35405. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Sky Ranch within 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

72 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Sky Ranch between 1995 and 2017, burning about 496 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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
Arson/incendiarism	20
Debris and open burning	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	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
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160924-17
14 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 29, AL
29 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20170829-1
24 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	8.0 acres	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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sky Ranch: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
American Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Crabtree Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Crabtree Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant Operation	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
Running Brook	0.3 miles	17
Jerusalem Heights	0.5 miles	17
Timberlane	0.7 miles	17
Whispering Hills	0.9 miles	19
Skyland Park	1.1 miles	17
Alpine Hills	1.1 miles	19
Sutton Place	1.1 miles	17
Springhill Lake	1.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148559. 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.