Woodland Park, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36201. It lies near Washer Hill. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Woodland Park within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1947 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,571 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	58
Arson/incendiarism	39
Debris and open burning	37
Recreation and ceremony	8
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	2
Natural	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
7 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	FM 94-10
6 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	FM 95-14
30 September 2014	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NER-20140930-001
3 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2016	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160922-14
18 September 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Woodland Park: 27 unknowns, 18 past producers, 9 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Kaolin, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anniston Pits	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1875
Not Known, Ammiston Area	Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Shirey Prospect No 2	Mica	Prospect
Shirey Prospect No. 2	Mica	Prospect
Cal 3 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Lackey Pit	Clay	Producer
Unnamed Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Carter Street Deposit	Aluminum, Kaolin	Prospect

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lardent	0.8 miles	21
Oxanna	1.3 miles	19
Hobson City	1.3 miles	21
Lakeview	1.4 miles	21
Oxford	1.4 miles	21
Jo Dell	1.6 miles	21
Anniston	1.9 miles	19
Blue Pond	1.9 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157296. 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.