Smithtown, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36613. It stands on Reedbreak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kushla quadrangle.

Smithtown within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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.

1941 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1942 USGS Kushla quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1943 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Kushla quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

428 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 428 fires within 5 miles of Smithtown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,078 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 178 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	178
Debris and open burning	137
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75
Recreation and ceremony	17
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	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
9 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20130926-001
23 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180923-7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Smithtown: 6 producers, 3 prospects, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Alabama Asphalt Paving Co., Inc Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Past Producer
Smith Pit	Silica	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Mob 14 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Mob 2 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Mob 5 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Brunson Number 5 Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Pit Camp No 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
S.D. Tew Construction Co. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Oak Grove	1.4 miles	27
Mauvilla	2.1 miles	27
Kali-Oka Springs	3.3 miles	27
Northwood Estates	3.7 miles	27
Georgetown	3.8 miles	20
Millertown	3.8 miles	19
Lott	4.1 miles	19
Kushla	4.1 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127054. 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.