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Blueberry Hill, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Wetumpka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36092. It stands on We-hemt-le. The Survey maps it on the Wetumpka quadrangle.

Blueberry Hill within Elmore County

On record in Blueberry Hill

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

11 surveys from 18 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

142 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Blueberry Hill between 1994 and 2019, burning about 760 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 burning56
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140828-002
28 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission9 REDWOOD LN, AL
27 August 2000Debris and open burning2.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Blueberry Hill: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Hillabee Pit No 2ClayProducer
Dredge QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Flatwood QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols/PoundstoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wetumpka Pit & Hepburn DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wetumpka Pit & Johnson DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Harrogate Springs0.8 miles18
Wetumpka1.4 miles18
Saint Clair1.7 miles18
Jasmine Hill2.2 miles13
Blue Ridge2.3 miles13
Tarwater2.8 miles18
Tuskugu (historical)3.0 miles17
Quail Run3.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 137149. 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.