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White Oaks, Alabama

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Kimberly-Morris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35126. It lies near Sand Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pinson quadrangle.

White Oaks within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

192 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of White Oaks between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,782 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 61 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
Debris and open burning72
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Recreation and ceremony17
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-4
24 September 2016Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-7
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-19

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of White Oaks: 12 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Clay. 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
Jef 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Mt Pinson MinesIron, ManganesePast ProducerGoethite
Compton Area MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Mt. Pinson MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
TarrantIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

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
Bradford1.5 miles23
Carriage Hills2.2 miles28
Crosston2.2 miles28
Fitzgerald Estates2.3 miles28
Palmerdale2.4 miles28
Innsbrooke2.5 miles28
Overbrook Estates2.6 miles28
Sueann2.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700591. 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.