Hillcrest, Alabama

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36107. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery North quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Montgomery County

On record in Hillcrest

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 within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Cassimus Houselisted 1976 · 0.8 miles away
Semple Houselisted 1972 · 0.9 miles away
Patrick Henry Brittan Houselisted 1979 · 1.0 miles away
First Baptist Churchlisted 2024 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

1927 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:48000
1930 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Montgomery North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1975 USGS Montgomery North quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 1995 and 2018, burning about 241 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Natural	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
23 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2002	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	188 MONROE STREET, AL
24 August 1995	Debris and open burning	5.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1995	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1995	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	ECR-20120709-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite. 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
Alabama River	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite	Producer	Quartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE	Producer	Quartz
French Street Brick Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Browder Pit	Clay	Producer
Excelsior Mine	Clay	Producer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. Pit	Clay	Producer
Coosada Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Cossada Ferry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dozier Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Montgomery River Plant & Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
King Hill	0.4 miles	20
Capitol Heights	0.6 miles	20
Clisby Park	0.7 miles	20
New Town	1.0 miles	20
Morningview	1.1 miles	20
Pecan Grove Estates	1.1 miles	20
Oak Park	1.3 miles	21
Forest Hills	1.4 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142612. 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.