Crestline Heights, Alabama
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35213. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle.
On record in Crestline Heights
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Forest Parklisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Coal District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1906 USGS Birmingham Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Crestline Heights between 1993 and 2020, burning about 749 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160929-6 |
| 25 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2386 CR 65, AL |
| 22 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 6 & CR 81, AL |
| 19 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 350 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CR 45 ( N OF 27), AL |
| 15 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200615-3 |
| 30 May 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NORMAN DRIVE, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Crestline Heights: 8 past producers, 3 plants, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Plant | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Green Spring Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Helen Bess Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Irondale Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Kewanaw Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Republic Steel/ Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant | ||
| So. Electric Steel/Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant | ||
| U S Steel/ Birmingham, Ala. | Iron | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Brook | 0.4 miles | 30 | |
| Euclid Estates | 0.5 miles | 30 | |
| Glencoe | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Bentley Hills | 0.6 miles | 30 | |
| Altamont Park | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Forest Park | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Crestline Park | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| Mountaindale | 1.1 miles | 30 |
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 Q122556238 | The 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 116855. 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.













