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South Alabama, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alabama town. It lies in ZIP code area 14013. It lies near Limestone Ledge. The Survey maps it on the Oakfield quadrangle.

South Alabama within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Alabama, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of South Alabama, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

87 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of South Alabama between 1999 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of South Alabama: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General, 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 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Alabama QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Oakfield Gypsum Products Corp. MineGypsum-AnhydritePlant
Oakfield MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary
Oakfield MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Pheonix Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
U.S. Gypsum Company MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed ShaftGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Wheatville1.6 miles17
Five Corners2.6 miles17
Basom3.0 miles19
Alabama3.3 miles19
Oakfield3.5 miles17
North Pembroke3.6 miles17
Cookville4.4 miles17
Indian Falls4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965656. 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.