Bel Air Estates, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35802. It stands on Drake Cove Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Bel Air Estates within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

1888 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1936 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1948 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Bel Air Estates between 1994 and 2011, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
21 June 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	REDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
12 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HUNTSVILLE BROWNS FERRY / MALONE ROAD, AL
15 April 2003	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
26 March 1995	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 February 1994	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 February 2011	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	4455 FRANKFURT ROAD, AL
5 November 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Bel Air Estates: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
South Parway Quarry No. 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.	Molybdenum	Unknown
Wheeler Lake Mine	Clay	Producer
Baker Terminal	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Base Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Flemington Heights	0.3 miles	25
Vestavia Estates	0.7 miles	25
Parkway Estates	0.8 miles	25
Bailey Cove Estates	1.1 miles	25
Willowbrook Estates	1.1 miles	25
Fleming Hills	1.1 miles	25
Lily Flagg	1.1 miles	25
Fleming Meadows	1.2 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146676. 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.