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Springville Lake Estates, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Springville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35146. The Survey maps it on the Remlap quadrangle.

Springville Lake Estates within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

79 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Springville Lake Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,100 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-10
16 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-14
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Springville Lake Estates: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
E J Cozby ProspectIronOccurrence
Hullett ProspectIronProspect
No Name, Springvile AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Springville2.6 miles21
Misty Pines6.2 miles27
Saint Clair Springs6.3 miles21
Goodwins Mill7.2 miles21
Hill Number 27.4 miles19
Margaret7.6 miles19
Hill Number 17.7 miles19
Caldwell8.2 miles19

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 Q122557227The 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 164865. 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.