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Meadwood Heights, Alabama

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Birmingham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35206. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham North quadrangle.

Meadwood Heights within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Meadwood Heights between 1994 and 2019, burning about 586 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190926-8
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-001
19 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission618 CR 126, AL
27 August 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Meadwood Heights: 12 past producers, 6 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Citadel Cement OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dolcito QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alfretta No. 2 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 3 MineIronUnknown
Alfretta No. 4 MineIronPast Producer
Alfretta No. 5 MineIronPast Producer
Bald Eagle MineIronPast Producer
Hammond MineIronPast Producer
Hammond, Dago, Hendona, and Valleyview MinesIronPast ProducerHematite
Helen Bess MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Oak Lawn0.4 miles30
Tarrant Garden Estates0.6 miles30
Airport Highlands0.8 miles30
Oak Park0.9 miles30
Kingsway Terrace1.0 miles30
Plain View1.0 miles30
Trotwood Park1.1 miles30
Lake Highlands1.1 miles30

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 Q122553413The 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 122622. 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.