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Manor Haven, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35674. It stands on Throckmorton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tuscumbia quadrangle.

Manor Haven within Colbert County

On record in Manor Haven

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

76 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Manor Haven between 1994 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
19 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-8
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use24 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 47 & 2, AL
28 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20130828-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Manor Haven: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Colbert County Hwy. Dept. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lister Hill Reduction PlantSilica, AluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Colbert 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
South Sheffield0.3 miles18
Woodlawn Heights0.7 miles19
Loyall (historical)0.8 miles19
Tuscumbia0.8 miles18
Furnace Hill (historical)1.0 miles19
Village Number 11.1 miles18
Trenholm Heights1.2 miles18
Richmond Hills1.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146247. 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.