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Indian Hills, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Auburn-Opelika census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36830. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Indian Hills within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hills between 1994 and 2016, burning about 409 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140926-001
26 September 2000Debris and open burning3.1 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2016Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160911-3
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee 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 Indian Hills: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Iron. 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
Crutchfield MineGoldPast ProducerGold
Hilyer-Knight ProspectIronOccurrence
Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Bent Creek0.6 miles13
Glen Haven0.7 miles13
Orr Estates0.9 miles13
Pepperell1.7 miles14
University Estates1.8 miles13
Spring Hill Heights2.0 miles14
Village Hills2.0 miles14
Town and Country2.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 138197. 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.