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Lakewood Estates, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dothan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36301. The Survey maps it on the Dothan West quadrangle.

Lakewood Estates within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 Lakewood Estates between 1994 and 2019, burning about 475 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionTIDWELL FALLS OFF ENFINGER RD, AL
20 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2010Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190701-5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood Estates: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lingo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Barrett0.7 miles8
Spring Valley Acres0.8 miles8
Chickasaw Heights1.3 miles8
Mullins1.4 miles8
Silver Meadows1.9 miles8
Harwood Heights2.0 miles8
Newton2.1 miles8
Springdale2.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132321. 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.