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Hillwood, Alabama

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Weogufka-Marble Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35136. It stands on Finikochika Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flag Mountain quadrangle.

Hillwood within Coosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Hillwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,681 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism98 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hillwood: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Gold, Mica, Mica, Vanadium. 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
Coosa-Chilton DistrictGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast ProducerBEDDED
Fixico MineGraphite, Mica, VanadiumPast Producer1898
Unnamed OccurrenceUranium, GraphiteOccurrence1974
Weogufka Creek ProspectKyaniteOccurrence
Dennis MineMicaPast Producer
Flint Hill MineGoldPast Producer
Weoguffka Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Fixico MineGraphitePast Producer
Teel PropertyGraphiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Coosa 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
Moriah1.0 miles14
Weogufka (historical)1.3 miles14
Lyle2.9 miles14
Dollar4.6 miles13
Gold Branch5.0 miles13
Unity5.5 miles24
Quinsey5.7 miles13
Bentleyville5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156478. 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.