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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.

High Point within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

171 since 1997

Regional 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/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-17
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-11
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160923-5
22 September 2016Debris and open burning25 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160922-7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Consolidated #2Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Dek 5 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Jesse Manning ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Stamp1.1 miles22
Snake Creek (historical)2.1 miles22
Mahan Crossroads2.5 miles22
New Home2.6 miles22
Council Bluff3.1 miles22
Brooks Crossroads3.4 miles22
Mays Gulf (historical)3.5 miles22
Elliott Crossroads3.6 miles22

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.