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Cedar Hills Estates, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35674. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pride quadrangle.

Cedar Hills Estates within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

143 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Hills Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 828 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Hills Estates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock AsphaltProducer1923
Colbert County Hwy. Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tuscumbia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
Valdosta1.7 miles18
Richmond Hills2.5 miles18
Rivermont2.6 miles18
Oka Kapassa (historical)2.7 miles18
Pine Bluff Estates2.9 miles18
Milk Springs3.0 miles18
Village Number 13.0 miles18
Hawk Pride3.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 115802. 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.