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Heritage Oaks, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35242. The Survey maps it on the Cahaba Heights quadrangle.

Heritage Oaks within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

82 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Heritage Oaks between 1994 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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 1999Natural220 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150927-001
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby 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 Heritage Oaks: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Perlite, Vermiculite. 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
Irondale PlantVermiculitePast Producer
W. R. Grace Irondale PlantPerlitePast Producer
Johnson ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Sunnymeadows0.6 miles22
Hickory Ridge0.7 miles22
Meadow Ridge1.4 miles22
New Hope1.7 miles23
Meadowbrook2.0 miles22
Woodford2.0 miles22
Inverness2.1 miles22
Inverness Cliffs2.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 154309. 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.