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.
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.
College Hill Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Public Square Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Brown-Proctor Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Scottsboro Memphis and Charleston Railroad Depotlisted 1998 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1936 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Scottsboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1995Regional 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/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150803-004 |
| 27 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 347 BLUEBERRY LANE, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro Alum. Reduction Plant | Aluminum | Plant | 1945 | |
| Scottsboro Mine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottsboro | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Roseberry | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeview Shores | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Berrys (historical) | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Hollywood | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Ferncliff (historical) | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Bellefonte | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Pikeville | 5.1 miles | 21 |
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.









