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Walnut Grove, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35228. It lies near Flint Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.

Walnut Grove within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1993 and 2019, burning about 676 acres in total. None started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-8
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 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

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Walnut Grove: 26 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Shannon PitClayProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Dist.IronProducer
Birmingham Red Ore Mines DistrictIronPast Producer1864, 1972
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Ishkooda MinesIronPast Producer1863, 1969
Sloss MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Sloss No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Sloss No. 2 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
Wilkes0.4 miles24
Valhalla0.5 miles24
Glen Oaks0.7 miles24
Roosevelt-Cairo Village0.7 miles24
Midfield0.8 miles24
Grasselli0.9 miles24
Forest Hills1.0 miles24
Bon-Air1.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128552. 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.