Wilson Dam Village Number Three, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35630. It lies near Jones Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wilson Dam Village Number Three within Lauderdale County

On record in Wilson Dam Village Number Three

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Florence Wagon Works Sitelisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Dam Village Number Three (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 258 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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	25
Arson/incendiarism	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
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
29 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190929-11
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	673 CR 72, AL
12 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1994	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilson Dam Village Number Three (historical): 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum. 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
	Lister Hill Reduction Plant	Silica, Aluminum	Plant

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lakeside Highlands	0.6 miles	18
Weeden Heights	1.1 miles	19
East Florence	1.1 miles	19
Wilson Heights	1.8 miles	18
Bainbridge (historical)	1.8 miles	18
Windcrest	1.9 miles	19
Indian Springs	2.0 miles	18
Hickory Hills	2.0 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142263. 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.