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Hillwood, Alabama

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Huntsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35803. It lies near Weatherly Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Huntsville quadrangle.

Hillwood within Madison County

On record in Hillwood

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Hillwood between 1994 and 2011, burning about 109 acres in total. None 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
21 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionREDSTONE ARSENAL, AL
15 April 2003Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSOUTH SHAWNEE RD., AL
4 March 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionKINGSBRIGDE RD, AL
28 March 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresWheeler National Wildlife RefugeFM 98-3
26 March 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 March 1994Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 February 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hillwood: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
South Parway Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
General Shale Products Co. PitClayProducer
Wheeler Lake MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Weatherly Heights0.5 miles25
Rocky Top Estates0.7 miles25
Whitesburg Estates0.8 miles25
English Village0.8 miles25
Belview Heights1.0 miles25
Lily Flagg1.0 miles25
South Gate1.0 miles25
Bluewood Estates1.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146971. 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.