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Granite Hills, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36830. The Survey maps it on the Opelika West quadrangle.

Granite Hills within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Granite Hills between 1994 and 2016, burning about 179 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-3
29 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 147, AL
20 June 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Granite Hills: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Dimension, Titanium, Mica. 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
Bruce Priester ProspectTitaniumOccurrence
Crutchfield MineGoldPast ProducerGold
James Dimension Stone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Cedar Brook0.3 miles14
Head Estates0.5 miles14
Pickwood0.6 miles14
Woodland Hills0.8 miles13
Shelton Woods1.0 miles13
Cary Woods1.1 miles13
Town and Country1.5 miles13
Auburn1.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138183. 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.