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Smith Shores, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Union Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville quadrangle.

Smith Shores within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

69 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Smith Shores between 1994 and 2017, burning about 832 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Other causes2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150922-002
14 September 1998Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160704-28

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Smith Shores: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mal 1b Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducer

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Warrenton0.6 miles22
Southtown2.2 miles22
Mount Carmel2.3 miles24
Mill Village2.4 miles22
Lakeview2.5 miles22
Crossroads2.8 miles22
Sunrise Shores2.8 miles22
Guntersville2.9 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122561868The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148865. 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.