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Woodford, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35242. The Survey maps it on the Cahaba Heights quadrangle.

Woodford within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Woodford between 1995 and 2019, burning about 398 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 1995Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160608-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Woodford: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Perlite, Vermiculite. 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
Irondale PlantVermiculitePast Producer
W. R. Grace Irondale PlantPerlitePast Producer
Johnson ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Inverness0.7 miles22
Meadow Ridge0.7 miles22
Riverwood1.0 miles22
Camp Horne1.1 miles22
Inverness Cliffs1.1 miles22
Altadena Woods1.3 miles22
Meadowbrook1.4 miles22
Hickory Ridge1.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154305. 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.