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Indian Hill, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Childersburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35044. It stands on Tallaseehatchee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Childersburg quadrangle.

Indian Hill within Talladega 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

224 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,790 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 55 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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 2002Arson/incendiarism80 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190908-1
6 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190927-6
24 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-13
23 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Talladega County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Indian Hill: 15 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, 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
Butler Estate MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Childersburg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
ChildsburgIronUnknown
Singleton DepositsIronPast ProducerResidual
Singleton Limonite DepositIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Talladega 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
Pinewood Terrace0.8 miles19
Forest Hills0.9 miles19
Coosa Court1.3 miles19
Childersburg1.3 miles19
Minor Terrace1.8 miles19
Grove Park1.9 miles19
Coosa Pines2.1 miles19
Bon Air2.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120658. 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.