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Harlem Heights, Alabama

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35023. It lies near Clarke Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bessemer quadrangle.

Harlem Heights within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

137 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Harlem Heights between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,021 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1

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 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-14
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-8
21 September 2019Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-23
2 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150902-001
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Harlem Heights: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 plants, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Alpha Portland Cement Company PlantStonePlant
Dolonah QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
IronatonIronUnknown
IronatonIronUnknown
Sloss No. 1 MineIronPast Producer
Sloss No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
U S Steel/ Fairfield, Ala.IronPlant
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Bush0.8 miles24
Hueytown Crest0.9 miles24
Garywood0.9 miles24
Dolomite1.0 miles24
Woodmont1.0 miles24
Hueytown1.1 miles24
Industrial City1.1 miles24
Pleasant Acres1.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119739. 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.