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Union Church, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Grand Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36541. The Survey maps it on the Saint Elmo quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

Union Church within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

480 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 480 fires within 5 miles of Union Church between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,484 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 234 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/incendiarism234
Debris and open burning135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
6 September 1994Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Recreation and ceremony11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Union Church: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, 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
Jackson Creek PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnell QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Grand Bay QuarrySilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mallette Brothers Number 1 PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mcconnell and Moore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mobile Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Dees0.1 miles23
Cloverdale5.0 miles21
Dawes5.5 miles23
Cottage Park Estates6.1 miles24
Meadow Lake6.1 miles33
Grand Bay6.2 miles22
Fernland6.3 miles22
Saint Elmo6.4 miles23

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 Q7885500The 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 128278. 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.