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Harwell 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 36801. The Survey maps it on the Opelika West quadrangle.

Harwell 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Harwell Hills between 1994 and 2011, burning about 240 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 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
2 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionHWY 15 OFF N.29, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Harwell Hills: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Mica, Aluminum, Feldspar, 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
Hilyer-Knight ProspectIronOccurrence
North Opelika Gibbsite ProspectAluminumOccurrence1977
T H Clower ProspectFeldspar, MicaUnknown
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
Westside0.6 miles14
Alta Vista0.9 miles14
Five Points1.1 miles14
Pepperell1.2 miles14
Spring Hill Heights1.3 miles14
Lakewood1.3 miles14
Collingwood1.3 miles14
North Gate1.4 miles14

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 Q122543501The 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 138190. 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.