Ala. Code § 35-2-80
In order to facilitate acquirement of easements by watershed associations, water conservancy associations or districts and any other lawful entity engaged in water and soil conservation work, the probate judges of the several counties of the State of Alabama shall receive and record aerial photographs or maps of land areas in their respective counties. These maps or photographs shall be recorded, kept, and maintained in substantially the same manner as prescribed in Section 35-2-51. Before being recorded, such a map or photograph may have drawn or inscribed thereon its source of origin, the approximate scale of the map, section and township lines, property lines, high-water marks for channels and storage areas for water, and soil conservation tract or parcel numbers and boundaries and all such other indicia or information as may be appropriate for identification of the land areas represented by the map.
Ala. Code § 35-2-80 (1975)