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Lakeside Highlands, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35630. It lies near Forty Acres Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle.

Lakeside Highlands within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside Highlands between 1994 and 2016, burning about 321 acres in total. None 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 burning32
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
27 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale 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 Lakeside Highlands: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum. 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
Lister Hill Reduction PlantSilica, AluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Lauderdale 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
Wilson Dam Village Number Three (historical)0.6 miles19
Bainbridge (historical)1.2 miles18
Weeden Heights1.2 miles19
Indian Springs1.3 miles18
Wilson Heights1.4 miles18
East Florence1.6 miles19
Rivermont1.8 miles18
Village Pines1.8 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122542471The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 121331. 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.