Webster, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35634. It stands on Wilson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blackburn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Webster within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Blackburn quadrangle1:24000
1952 USGS Blackburn quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

228 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Webster (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,117 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 114 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	114
Debris and open burning	73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Tennessee Division of Forestry	MILES SLEDGE FIRE
29 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20800COUNTY ROAD 8, AL
25 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	8756 COUNTY RD 61, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Webster (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension. 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
	Lull Mine	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hines	0.8 miles	17
Zip City	1.2 miles	17
Keys Chapel (historical)	1.3 miles	17
Blackburn	1.3 miles	17
Wilson	1.9 miles	17
Pruitton	3.5 miles	17
Jacksonburg	4.1 miles	17
Sharps Mill	4.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142252. 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.