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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1925 USGS Barton quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Barton quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Barton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Pride quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Pride quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Pride quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Rock Asphalt | Producer | 1923 | |
| Colbert County Hwy. Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuscumbia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdosta | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Richmond Hills | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Rivermont | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oka Kapassa (historical) | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Bluff Estates | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Milk Springs | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Village Number 1 | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hawk Pride | 3.0 miles | 19 |
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.










