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Sueann, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Palmerdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35126. The Survey maps it on the Trafford quadrangle.

Sueann within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

193 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Sueann between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,318 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 57 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Sueann: 17 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Manganese. 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
Jef 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Blount Mountain AreaIronUnknown
Compton Area MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Compton Iron MineIronPast Producer
Reuben Little ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Masseyline1.7 miles23
Village Springs1.9 miles23
Bradford2.2 miles23
Palmerdale2.5 miles28
White Oaks2.8 miles28
Overbrook Estates3.3 miles28
Carriage Hills3.6 miles28
Thermal (historical)4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157123. 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.