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Berkley Hills, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35215. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Irondale quadrangle.

Berkley Hills within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

61 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Berkley Hills between 1994 and 2019, burning about 354 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission618 CR 126, AL
27 August 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Berkley Hills: 10 past producers, 6 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese. 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
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mt Pinson MinesIron, ManganesePast ProducerGoethite
Alfretta MinesIronPast Producer1903
Alfretta No 1 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 3 MineIronUnknown
Alfretta No. 4 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 5 MineIronPast Producer
Bald Eagle MineIronPast Producer
Mt. Pinson MinesIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Roebuck Gardens0.5 miles30
Lynn Acres0.5 miles30
Killough Springs0.6 miles30
Forest Acres0.7 miles28
Von Dale0.7 miles30
East Haven0.8 miles30
Roebuck Park0.8 miles30
Bridlewood Forest Estates0.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 113947. 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.