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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.

Whites Chapel within St. Clair County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

119 since 1994

Regional 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/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.3 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-9
17 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160917-6
17 September 2003Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSMITH-SIMS ROAD, AL
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Leeds Cement PlantStonePlant
Leeds Mine & QuarryClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
U.S. Steel Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Industrial Sand Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Trussville PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Leeds Brown Fe MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Leeds Brown Iron Ore MinesIronPast ProducerGoethite
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Clair 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
Ridgewood Estates1.2 miles27
Markeeta1.3 miles27
Braggsville1.7 miles27
Hundred Oaks1.8 miles27
Austin Hill1.9 miles27
Heathermoor Estates2.0 miles27
Forest Hills2.3 miles27
Woodland Village2.4 miles27

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.