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Heatherton Heights, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36106. The Survey maps it on the Barachias quadrangle.

Heatherton Heights within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Heatherton Heights between 1995 and 2016, burning about 357 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
4 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionOLD POND RD, AL
24 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2000Debris and open burning34 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1995Debris and open burning150 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBRENTWOOD, AL
23 May 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionBOXWOOD DRIVE , AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Heatherton Heights: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, Kyanite. 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
Deep South Const. Co PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Mitylene PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Excelsior MineClayProducer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. PitClayProducer
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Deep South Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Froggy Bottom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcgee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mity Lene PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Rosemary0.2 miles13
Young Place0.3 miles13
Brookwood Estates0.5 miles13
Green Acres0.7 miles13
Olde Acres0.8 miles13
Vaughan Meadows1.0 miles21
Hillwood1.0 miles21
Ridgefield1.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142599. 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.