BlockSoleo, Alabama
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Goodwater-Kellyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35072. The Survey maps it on the Goodwater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Talladega quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Goodwater SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
140 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Soleo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-24 |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140919-001 |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150914-001 |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190913-9 |
| 12 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 28, AL |
| 7 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Soleo: 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Marbury Tin Property | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Prospect Number Eight | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Number Eleven | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Number Nine | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Number Six | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Prospect Number Ten | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Tin Deposit | Tin | Occurrence | Cassiterite |
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.
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 Q122553580 | The 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 160643. 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.