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Smithfield, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35204. It lies near Enon Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle.

Smithfield within Jefferson County

On record in Smithfield

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 13 shown

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

Every listing in Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Smithfield between 1993 and 2020, burning about 895 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2019Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-16
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-001
13 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission4309 SUNFLOWER STREET, AL
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 7, AL
15 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200717-7
20 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCOALBURG ROAD/REPUBLIC ST., AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Smithfield: 15 past producers, 5 plants, 5 unknowns, 4 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
East Thomas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wade Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watkins Number 1 PitClayProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Elyton0.5 miles30
Graymont0.6 miles30
East Thomas0.8 miles30
Owenton0.8 miles30
Magnolia Heights1.4 miles30
Fountain Heights1.7 miles30
West End1.8 miles26
Beverly Station1.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153479. 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.