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Valliwood, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35452. It stands on Nubbin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coker quadrangle.

Valliwood within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

71 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Valliwood between 1994 and 2019, burning about 410 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-3
21 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission42 CR 82, AL
22 August 2006Natural30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Valliwood: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Airport PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Holley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Holley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Lurleen Estates0.3 miles15
Westland0.9 miles15
Westhill0.9 miles18
Pine Circle1.1 miles15
Coker1.1 miles15
Coker Heights1.5 miles15
Bel Air Estates1.5 miles18
Saratoga Estates1.7 miles18

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 Q122551425The 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 1700483. 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.