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Highland Home, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Petrey-Highland Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36041. The Survey maps it on the Lapine quadrangle. It stands 591 feet above sea level.

Highland Home within Crenshaw County

On record in Highland Home

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

117 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Highland Home between 1994 and 2020, burning about 528 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism16
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
30 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140927-001
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20140922-001
20 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20120805-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crenshaw 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 Highland Home: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Cre 3 Clay ProspectClayPast Producer
Cre 7 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crenshaw County

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland Home in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 23 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1996Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$250,000no account filed
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Highland Home$100,000The tornado touched down near Daniel Mill Road causing minor tree damage and then passed through mainly wooded areas as it moved north-northeast. The tornado strengthened to an EF-1 before reaching Oliver Myers Road, passing through wooded areas uprooting and snapping large trees as it approached a small lake in the Magnolia Shores area. The tornado caused minor to moderate damage to several homes around the lake, mainly to roofs and siding. The tornado then proceeded through more woods before dissipating.
November 1996Tornado (F1)Highland Home$70,000no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$30,000High winds from a thunderstorm caused roof damage to a home and damaged a barn just south of Highland Home.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$25,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees. Some of the trees fell on a couple of homes and caused minor damage to them.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$15,000Several trees and power lines were blown down between Highland Home and Luverne. The trees and power lines were blown down by high winds from a line of thunderstorms that was moving through the area.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$12,000Winds estimated at 60 mph damaged trees...powerlines and chicken houses along Highway 331 south of Highland Home.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$12,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$10,000Winds at estimated 60 mph downed trees in Highland Home.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Highland Home. Dime size hail was also reported.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$8,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a few trees.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and power lines causing power outages.
April 2005HailHighland Home$5,000Golfball size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Highland Home. The large hail damaged several vehicles.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees along State Highway 97 near Clearview.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$5,000High winds blew down several trees and power lines near the community.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$5,000Trees were blown down between Highland Home and Glenwood.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindHighland Home$1,500no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-A tree fell on a home.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-High winds downed trees on Burgamy Swamp Road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-Trees down on a shed on New Ebenezer Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-Numerous trees were downed along Magnolia Shores Rd by severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-Trees were downed near Highland Home and Lapine.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-High wind downed trees.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-Trees and power lines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph along Highway 331 and County Road 66.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHighland Home-Several trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph at the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 331.
December 2009Flash FloodHighland Home-Magnolia Shores Road closed due to water covering the road.
April 2005HailHighland Home-no account filed
March 2003HailHighland Home-no account filed
June 2002HailHighland Home-no account filed
March 1997HailHighland Home-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crenshaw 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
Magnolia Shores1.8 miles8
Sardis3.5 miles8
Panola4.2 miles7
Bradleyton5.2 miles8
Saville5.3 miles8
Danielsville5.4 miles7
Garnersville5.8 miles8
Helicon6.1 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Highland HomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5758829The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155099. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.