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Steenson Hollow, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35661. It lies near Fleet Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle.

Steenson Hollow within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Steenson Hollow between 1994 and 2016, burning about 378 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
17 September 2000Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Steenson Hollow: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum. 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
Lister Hill Reduction PlantSilica, AluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Lakeview0.4 miles18
Lakeview Highlands0.4 miles18
Mount Pleasant (historical)1.1 miles18
Bainbridge (historical)1.5 miles18
Detroit Park2.0 miles18
Wilson Lake Shores2.1 miles18
Listerhill2.5 miles18
Davidsons Cross Roads (historical)2.6 miles18

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 Q122545629The 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 153561. 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.