Woodland, Alabama
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Oakland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35633. It stands on Sinking Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sinking Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1924 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1926 USGS Gravelly Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sinking Creek quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 1942Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Rothstein, Arthur, 1942. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
127 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Woodland between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,264 acres in total. None started naturally. 58 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/incendiarism | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20130903-001 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 201 PLANTVIEW RD, AL |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Woodland: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt | Producer | 1923 | |
| Tuscumbia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Tree (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Smithsonia | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Canaan | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Kimbrough Crossroads | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Oakland | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Cypress Crest | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Three Forks | 6.8 miles | 19 | |
| Glen Oaks | 6.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157279. 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.








