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Hillcrest, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36206. It stands on Cave Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anniston quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

207 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,840 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 38 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism38
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 94-10
6 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 95-14
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 26 unknowns, 16 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Not Known, Ammiston AreaManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Anniston PitsIron, ManganesePast Producer1875
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shirey Prospect No 2MicaProspect
Shirey Prospect No. 2MicaProspect
Uncertain, Anniston AreaIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Carter Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Parkwin Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect
Th Street DepositAluminum, KaolinProspect

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Blue Springs (historical)0.4 miles19
Lenlock0.7 miles19
Pelham Heights1.5 miles19
Sherman Heights1.7 miles19
Saks1.8 miles19
Weaver2.2 miles17
Halls Chapel2.3 miles17
Leatherwood2.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140915. 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.