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Wellington Park, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35243. It stands on Fuller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cahaba Heights quadrangle.

Wellington Park within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Wellington Park between 1996 and 2020, burning about 690 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-6
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160608-5
30 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission1302 MORGAN RD, AL
2 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use350 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 45 ( N OF 27), AL
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200615-3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wellington Park: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Hammond MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer
Kewanaw MineIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Valley View 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
Dunbarton Oaks0.3 miles22
Overton Manor0.4 miles22
Cahaba Heights0.4 miles22
Asbury Park0.6 miles22
Cahaba Oaks0.7 miles22
Abington Green1.7 miles26
Shady Brook Estates1.8 miles26
Watkins Glen1.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700280. 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.