South Gate, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35803. It lies near Mathis Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

South Gate within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of South Gate between 1994 and 2016, burning about 99 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	4
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
21 June 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
15 April 2003	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
4 March 2011	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	KINGSBRIGDE RD, AL
28 March 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	FM 98-3
26 March 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 March 1994	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 February 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Gate: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
South Parway Quarry No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
General Shale Products Co. Pit	Clay	Producer
Wheeler Lake Mine	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Rocky Top Estates	0.4 miles	25
Mountain Gap Estates	0.4 miles	23
Forest Park	0.4 miles	25
Regent Forest	0.5 miles	23
Woodridge	0.6 miles	23
Meadow Trace	0.8 miles	25
Weatherly Heights	0.8 miles	25
English Village	0.9 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147272. 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.