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Woodcrest, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35215. It stands on Tarrant Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle.

Woodcrest within Jefferson County

On record in Woodcrest

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Woodcrest between 1994 and 2019, burning about 267 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission618 CR 126, AL
27 August 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission2386 CR 65, AL
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 6 & CR 81, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Woodcrest: 11 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Citadel Cement OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alfretta MinesIronPast Producer1903
Alfretta No 1 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 3 MineIronUnknown
Alfretta No. 4 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 5 MineIronPast Producer
Bald Eagle MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Nelson Heights0.5 miles30
Roebuck Crest Estates0.7 miles30
Penfield Heights0.8 miles30
Bel Air0.8 miles30
Magnolia Courts0.9 miles30
Roebuck Terrace1.1 miles30
Sunrise East1.1 miles30
Eastpointe1.1 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 129188. 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.