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Manora Estates, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35405. It stands on Cribbs Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Manora Estates within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

58 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Manora Estates between 1995 and 2017, burning about 458 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
24 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160924-17
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNWR-20140808-003
31 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission4921 CUVER RD, AL
3 August 2011Arson/incendiarism120 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 29, AL
24 August 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa 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 Manora Estates: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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
American MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Crabtree PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W.T. Ratliff Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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
Taylorville0.8 miles17
Taylorville Heights0.9 miles17
Mimosa Highlands1.3 miles17
Englewood1.5 miles17
Deven Dale1.7 miles17
Morayshire Estates1.7 miles17
Mimosa Manor1.8 miles17
Taylorwood Estates2.1 miles17

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 Q122556495The 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 148355. 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.