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Hunting Ridge, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Prattville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36067. It lies near Gin Shop Hill. The Survey maps it on the Prattville quadrangle.

Hunting Ridge within Autauga County

On record in Hunting Ridge

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

9 surveys from 18 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

124 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Hunting Ridge between 1994 and 2019, burning about 628 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-13
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20130929-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Autauga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hunting Ridge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Autauga 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
Country Club Estates0.7 miles18
Willowbrook0.8 miles18
Prattville1.1 miles18
Upper Kingston1.2 miles18
King Arthur Manor1.3 miles18
Prattmont1.5 miles18
Dosterville1.8 miles18
Live Oaks2.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 147579. 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.