Indian Hills, Alabama
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35124. It lies near Dividing Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Bessemer quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1905 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:48000
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Iron District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Bessemer Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1975 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 835 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150927-001 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Indian Hills: 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Bloating Material, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jef 6 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Parkwood | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Helena, Ne Of | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Johnson Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooddale | 0.5 miles | 27 | |
| Indian Lake Estates | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Quail Run | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Valley Station | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Royal Oaks | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Chandalar South | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Acton | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Little Oak Ridge Estates | 1.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146467. 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.












