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Allen Heights, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Novosel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36362. It stands on Four Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Daleville quadrangle.

Allen Heights within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Allen Heights between 1996 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-5
19 August 2007Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20200608-2
25 June 2012Natural22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120625-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Allen Heights: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Spiegner Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz
Dal 3 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Rosser Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dale 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
Bowden Terrace1.0 miles13
Munson Heights1.7 miles13
Holiday Village3.1 miles12
Gerald3.6 miles12
Daleville3.7 miles13
Kelly4.1 miles13
Country Estates4.3 miles12
Pleasant Hill5.0 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122559949The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155785. 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.