Spanish Trace, Alabama

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.

• 1941 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
• 1941 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1943 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
• 1943 USGS Creola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Chickasaw quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
• 1953 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1957 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1960 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
• 1965 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000
• 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1984 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000
• 1994 USGS Mobile quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Trace between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,892 acres in total. None started naturally. 103 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Shelton Beach Estates
• Oakleigh Estates
• College Woods
• Kali-Oka Springs
• Kushla
• Little Pines

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Spanish Trace: 9 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Mobile County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143819. 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.