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Southtown, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Guntersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35976. It lies near Chandler Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Guntersville quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.

Southtown within Marshall County

On record in Southtown

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 4 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

69 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Southtown between 1994 and 2017, burning about 689 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural2
Other causes1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Other causes2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150922-002
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2006Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall 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 Southtown: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kennmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Langford Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mal 1b Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Marshall 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
Mill Village0.9 miles22
Guntersville1.0 miles22
Guntersville Shores1.4 miles22
Wyeth City1.5 miles22
Lakeview1.5 miles22
Country Club Estates1.9 miles22
Smith Shores2.2 miles22
Sunrise Shores2.2 miles22

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 Q105741248The 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 127153. 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.