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South Park Estates, Alabama

23 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 Bell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Farley quadrangle.

South Park Estates within Madison County

On record in South Park Estates

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of South Park Estates between 1993 and 2019, burning about 154 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190912-15
30 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 98-5
21 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionREDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
29 April 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 April 2003Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
28 March 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 98-3

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 Park Estates: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
South Parway Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Shale Products Co. PitClayProducer
Wheeler Lake MineClayProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
English Village0.5 miles25
Regent Forest0.6 miles23
Whitesburg Estates0.9 miles25
South Gate1.1 miles25
Rocky Top Estates1.2 miles25
Hillwood1.3 miles25
Woodridge1.4 miles23
Mountain Gap Estates1.4 miles23

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 Q122560517The 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 147274. 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.