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Woodmont, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It lies near Clarke Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.

Woodmont within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

120 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Woodmont between 1994 and 2019, burning about 870 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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 burning46
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1

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
6 September 2019Debris and open burning80 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-5
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Woodmont: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Sloss MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Sloss No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Sloss No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
T No. 6 MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Hueytown0.3 miles24
Bush0.5 miles24
Vineland Park0.6 miles24
Industrial City0.7 miles24
Hueytown Crest0.9 miles24
Brooklane Place1.0 miles24
Harlem Heights1.0 miles24
Avalon Park1.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 129202. 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.