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Winthrop Square, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tanner Williams census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36695. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Winthrop Square within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

104 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Winthrop Square between 1994 and 2017, burning about 968 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20140924-003
14 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Winthrop Square: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Tommy Graham Pit No. 2Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harris QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
John Maples PitSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Tommy Graham Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Timbers0.4 miles32
Huntleigh Woods0.7 miles32
Sugar Creek0.7 miles32
Pine Run0.9 miles32
Wheelerville1.2 miles32
Smithfield1.2 miles32
Canebrake1.3 miles32
Regency1.3 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 143945. 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.