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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.

Indian Hills within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

67 since 1994

Regional 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 burning29
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150927-001
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jef 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
ParkwoodBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Helena, Ne OfIronPast ProducerResidual
Johnson ProspectIronProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Wooddale0.5 miles27
Indian Lake Estates0.6 miles27
Quail Run1.1 miles27
Valley Station1.2 miles27
Royal Oaks1.4 miles27
Chandalar South1.5 miles27
Acton1.6 miles27
Little Oak Ridge Estates1.7 miles27

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.