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Union Grove, Alabama

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Graysville-Adamsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35005. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle.

Union Grove within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

282 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Union Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,307 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 127 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/incendiarism127
Debris and open burning82
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionPICKLE DRIVE, AL
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Union Grove: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum. 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
Waste Pond - Bessie MineAluminumOccurrenceIllite, Kaolinite
Jef 1 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Jef 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect

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
Grays Gardens0.2 miles28
Longview Estates0.3 miles28
Adamsville1.1 miles28
Shady Grove1.5 miles22
Glasgow1.5 miles28
Sherwood Hills1.6 miles28
Westwood Garden Estates1.6 miles28
Graysville1.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128305. 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.