High Point, Alabama
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Henagar census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35968. It stands on West Fork Bengis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dugout Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Dugout Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
171 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,182 acres in total. None started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160925-17 |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190924-11 |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160923-5 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160922-7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of High Point: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Clay, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated #2 | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Dek 5 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Jesse Manning Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stamp | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Snake Creek (historical) | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Mahan Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| New Home | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Council Bluff | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Brooks Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Mays Gulf (historical) | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Elliott Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150290. 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.











