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Burma Hills, Alabama

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36693. It stands on Spencer Branch. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Burma Hills within Mobile County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Burma Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,429 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20150902-001
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTODD ACRES, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mobile 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 Burma Hills: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
Halls Mill PitSilicaProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Harrison PitClayPast Producer
Halls Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Mobile 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
Belle Chene0.5 miles32
Cottage Hill0.7 miles32
Skyland Park Estates0.9 miles32
Sunset Ranch0.9 miles32
Spring Valley1.1 miles32
Wildwood Heights1.1 miles32
Oakwood Estates1.2 miles32
Canterbury Heights1.3 miles33

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 Q122550249The 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 143172. 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.