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Webb Addition, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Scottsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35768. It lies near Riley Cove. The Survey maps it on the Scottsboro quadrangle.

Webb Addition within Jackson County

On record in Webb Addition

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Webb Addition between 1995 and 2019, burning about 298 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning9
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150803-004
27 August 2007Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2010Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2008Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission347 BLUEBERRY LANE, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Webb Addition: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Scottsboro Alum. Reduction PlantAluminumPlant1945
Scottsboro Mine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Scottsboro0.7 miles21
Roseberry2.5 miles21
Lakeview Shores4.2 miles20
Berrys (historical)4.3 miles21
Hollywood4.5 miles23
Ferncliff (historical)4.6 miles21
Bellefonte4.9 miles23
Pikeville5.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128677. 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.