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Southpointe, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35244. It stands on Martin Brook. The Survey maps it on the Greenwood quadrangle.

Southpointe within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

132 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Southpointe between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 59 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/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning14 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1025 MANOR CIRCLE, AL
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Southpointe: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Mine No. 53Fire Clay (Refractory)Producer
ParkwoodBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Helena QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lacon Plant No. 3 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bessemer PitClayProducer
Jef 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Parkwood MineClayProducer
Helena, Ne OfIronPast ProducerResidual
Potter MineIronPast Producer
Potter No. 1 MineIronPast Producer

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
Weeping Oaks0.4 miles24
Elvira1.2 miles27
Cherokee Beach2.2 miles24
Highlands2.2 miles24
Tacoa2.3 miles27
Falliston2.7 miles27
Helena3.0 miles27
Chestnut Glen3.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154325. 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.