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Southlake, Alabama

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35244. It stands on Acton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Southlake within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Fires near this place

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Southlake between 1995 and 2020, burning about 655 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150927-001
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Southlake: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Perlite, Vermiculite. 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
Irondale PlantVermiculitePast Producer
W. R. Grace Irondale PlantPerlitePast Producer
Johnson ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Valdawood0.7 miles27
Indian Springs Village1.1 miles27
Indian Springs Ranch1.3 miles27
Valley Station1.3 miles27
Indian Valley1.5 miles26
Acton1.8 miles27
New Hope1.9 miles23
Quail Run2.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154331. 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.