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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Daleville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1996Regional 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 minor | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-5 |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200608-2 |
| 25 June 2012 | Natural | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20120625-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiegner Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Silica | Producer | Quartz | |
| Dal 3 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Rosser Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowden Terrace | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Munson Heights | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Holiday Village | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gerald | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Daleville | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kelly | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Country Estates | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122559949 | The 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.







