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Forest Hills, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Childersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35044. It stands on Griffin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Childersburg quadrangle.

Forest Hills within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

227 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Forest Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,220 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 59 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 burning92
Arson/incendiarism59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-1
6 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-6
23 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Forest Hills: 17 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Butler Estate MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Childersburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ChildsburgIronUnknown
Cliett ProspectIronProspect
Singleton DepositsIronPast ProducerResidual
Singleton Limonite DepositIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Indian Hill0.9 miles19
Coosa Court1.3 miles19
Pinewood Terrace1.3 miles19
Childersburg1.6 miles19
Minor Terrace1.8 miles19
Grove Park2.2 miles19
Bon Air2.2 miles19
Boaz Corner2.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 118492. 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.