Hightown, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Northport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35473. It lies near Holman Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Hightown within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1924 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Hightown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 476 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning	27
Arson/incendiarism	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	1
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	9.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190922-3
20 September 2020	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200920-2
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	42 CR 82, AL
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 29, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa 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 Hightown: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Airport Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE	Producer	Placer
Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Plant Operation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brookmeade	0.3 miles	17
Biscayne Hills	0.3 miles	17
Forest Manor	0.4 miles	17
Oliver Heights	0.4 miles	17
Crestdale	0.5 miles	17
Crestmont	0.5 miles	17
Westridge	0.6 miles	17
Smith Acres	0.6 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148228. 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.