Whites Chapel, Alabama
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Moody census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35173. It stands on Big Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leeds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1907 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Whites Chapel between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,531 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 54 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160927-9 |
| 17 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160917-6 |
| 17 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SMITH-SIMS ROAD, AL |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Whites Chapel: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Cement Plant | Stone | Plant | ||
| Leeds Mine & Quarry | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U.S. Steel Corp. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Industrial Sand Co. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Trussville Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Leeds Brown Fe Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Leeds Brown Iron Ore Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgewood Estates | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Markeeta | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Braggsville | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Hundred Oaks | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Austin Hill | 1.9 miles | 27 | |
| Heathermoor Estates | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Forest Hills | 2.3 miles | 27 | |
| Woodland Village | 2.4 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 164908. 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.












