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Hepzibah, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Talladega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35160. It lies near Cast Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sleeping Giant quadrangle.

Hepzibah within Talladega County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

603 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 603 fires within 5 miles of Hepzibah between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8,698 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 207 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 burning233
Arson/incendiarism207
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Recreation and ceremony59
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking4
Other causes1

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 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hepzibah: 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Alpine Mountain ProspectIronUnknown
Cook BedsIronPast ProducerResidual
J.M. PattersonIronPast ProducerResidual
Norman MountainIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Jonesview0.5 miles21
Saint Ives1.5 miles21
Renfroe1.9 miles21
Clear Creek Estates2.7 miles21
Feddisburg2.8 miles21
Briarfield2.9 miles21
Willingham Estates2.9 miles21
Fair Park3.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119991. 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.