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Harwood Heights, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36301. It stands on Folkes Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dothan West quadrangle.

Harwood Heights within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Harwood Heights between 1994 and 2019, burning about 428 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTIDWELL FALLS OFF ENFINGER RD, AL
20 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190701-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Harwood Heights: 12 unknowns, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lingo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roy J. Lingo Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Bell-Merrill0.2 miles8
Normandale0.5 miles8
Stonebridge Estates0.6 miles8
The Meadows0.9 miles8
Ross Heights0.9 miles8
Silver Meadows1.1 miles8
Springdale1.1 miles8
Chickasaw Heights1.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132308. 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.