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Underwood, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Montevallo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35115. The Survey maps it on the Alabaster quadrangle.

Underwood within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Underwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,738 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Arson/incendiarism22 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby 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 Underwood: 9 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
White Chert PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Montevallo MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
No 1 PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
She 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
LongviewIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Central ShopStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Dogwood0.6 miles19
Ryan1.2 miles19
Country Hills1.7 miles19
Moores Crossroads1.9 miles19
Meadow Green2.2 miles19
Monte Bello2.4 miles19
Almont2.6 miles18
Old Maylene3.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146596. 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.