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Alta Vista, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36801. The Survey maps it on the Opelika West quadrangle.

Alta Vista within Lee County

On record in Alta Vista

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Alta Vista between 1994 and 2013, burning about 368 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission3590 CR 38, AL
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 15 OFF N.29, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alta Vista: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Mica, Aluminum, Feldspar, Mica. 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
Bruce Priester ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Hilyer-Knight ProspectIronOccurrence
North Opelika Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977
T H Clower ProspectFeldspar, MicaUnknown
Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Collingwood0.4 miles14
Gwen Mill0.7 miles14
Westside0.8 miles14
Harwell Hills0.9 miles14
India Lakes1.0 miles14
Opelika1.1 miles14
Rocky Brook1.1 miles14
North Gate1.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138098. 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.