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Elkahatchee Heights, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Alexander City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35010. It stands on Blackman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexander City quadrangle.

Elkahatchee Heights within Tallapoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

74 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Elkahatchee Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 427 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Other causes1
Fireworks1
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
27 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20180922-8
16 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-9
12 September 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2010Other causes1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tallapoosa 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 Elkahatchee Heights: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Alexander City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coo 2 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Rockford AreaFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Tallapoosa 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
Elkahatchee Park1.6 miles12
Valley View2.7 miles12
Mount Zion2.7 miles11
Bevelle2.7 miles12
Alexander City3.4 miles12
Alkehatchee (historical)3.9 miles11
Flint Hill4.0 miles12
Westfield4.5 miles12

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 Q122549580The 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 137413. 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.