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Cliff Haven, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35660. It sits by York Bluffs. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.

Cliff Haven within Colbert County

On record in Cliff Haven

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Cliff Haven between 1994 and 2016, burning about 198 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 burning15
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission115 COUNTY ROAD 249, AL
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130828-001
28 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130828-002
30 June 2008Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2305 SIXTH ST, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cliff Haven: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Aluminum. 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
Colbert County Hwy. Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lister Hill Reduction PlantSilica, AluminumPlant

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
South Florence0.3 miles19
Easton0.4 miles19
East Sheffield0.5 miles19
River Oaks0.7 miles19
Sheffield Heights0.9 miles19
Olland1.2 miles19
Washington Park1.5 miles19
Sheffield1.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 116261. 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.