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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.

Woodland within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

1 photograph, 1942

Taken 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.

Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Half of Julien H. Case's 500 acre farm is in woodland
Lauderdale County, Alabama. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Half of Julien H. Case's 500 acre farm is in woodland
Rothstein, Arthur, 1942. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

127 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
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 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use30 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130903-001
3 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission201 PLANTVIEW RD, AL
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock AsphaltProducer1923
Tuscumbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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
Green Tree (historical)3.6 miles18
Smithsonia4.2 miles19
Canaan6.0 miles18
Kimbrough Crossroads6.1 miles18
Oakland6.4 miles18
Cypress Crest6.5 miles19
Three Forks6.8 miles19
Glen Oaks6.9 miles18

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.