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Summerfield, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35404. It stands on Cottondale Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cottondale quadrangle.

Summerfield within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

89 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Summerfield between 1994 and 2019, burning about 484 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
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
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170829-1
21 August 1996Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa 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 Summerfield: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
American MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Woodmont0.7 miles19
Hurricane Hills0.7 miles19
Lynn Haven0.8 miles19
Cumberland Park0.8 miles19
Deep Wood0.9 miles19
East Park1.0 miles19
Norris Circle1.0 miles19
Glenwood Park1.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148607. 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.