BlockWillow Bend, Alabama
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35803. It stands on Sunset Cove Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Willow Bend between 1994 and 2016, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 592 SATTLE TRACE LANE, AL |
| 21 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL |
| 15 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL |
| 4 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | KINGSBRIGDE RD, AL |
| 26 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 March 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 February 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Willow Bend: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Parway Quarry No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| General Shale Products Co. Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Wheeler Lake Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Cove | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Sugar Tree | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Belview Heights | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Bravo | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bucks Canyon | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Tara | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Willowbrook | 0.8 miles | 25 | |
| Willow Hills Estates | 0.9 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147382. 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.