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Woodhaven, Alabama

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Locust Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35126. It lies near Sand Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Trafford quadrangle.

Woodhaven within Blount County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

155 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Woodhaven between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,852 acres in total. None started naturally. 41 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 burning73
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blount County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Woodhaven: 19 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Manganese. 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
Jef 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Blount Mountain AreaIronUnknown
Compton Area MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Compton Iron MineIronPast Producer
E J Cozby ProspectIronOccurrence
Hullett ProspectIronProspect
Reuben Little ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Blount 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
Brentwood0.5 miles23
Gurley0.7 miles23
Kiowa2.9 miles23
Compton3.3 miles23
Remlap3.5 miles24
Pine Mountain4.1 miles24
Watseka (historical)4.6 miles24
Selfville4.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 135189. 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.