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Heritage Estates, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35673. The Survey maps it on the Trinity quadrangle.

Heritage Estates within Morgan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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 Heritage Estates between 1994 and 2017, burning about 406 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150908-001
5 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20170808-1
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150811-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Heritage Estates: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Plant 1 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Sherwood Estates1.3 miles15
Trinity1.6 miles15
Griffin Addition2.5 miles15
Moulton Heights2.9 miles15
Austinville3.3 miles15
Simpson3.6 miles15
West Decatur4.0 miles25
Oakworth4.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514442. 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.