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Twin Bridge, Alabama

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35216. It lies near Shades Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham South quadrangle.

Twin Bridge within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Twin Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 411 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-6
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1302 MORGAN RD, AL
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200615-3
30 May 2011Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNORMAN DRIVE, AL
27 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120427-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Twin Bridge: 9 past producers, 3 plants, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Vermiculite. 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
Birmingham PlantVermiculitePast Producer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Green Spring MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Kewanaw MineIronPast Producer
Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant
So. Electric Steel/Birmingham, Ala.IronPlant
Spaulding MineIronPast Producer1886
Spaulding MineIronPast Producer

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
Surrey Hill0.2 miles26
Vestwood Hills0.2 miles26
Rocky Bridge0.3 miles26
Vestbrook Trace0.4 miles26
Watkins Glen0.5 miles26
Sagewood0.6 miles26
Vesclub Estates0.6 miles26
Abington Green0.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700260. 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.