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Memorial Heights, Alabama

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36108. The Survey maps it on the Montgomery South quadrangle.

Memorial Heights within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Memorial Heights between 1995 and 2019, burning about 224 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20190917-2
17 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission188 MONROE STREET, AL
3 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Natural6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1995Debris and open burning5.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Memorial Heights: 17 producers, 1 past producer. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite. 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
Alabama RiverSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducerQuartz
Dixie Sand & Gravel - Maxwell PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerQuartz
French Street Brick PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Browder PitClayProducer
Excelsior MineClayProducer
Jenkins Brick Co., Inc. PitClayProducer
Brewer Heights PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Cossada Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixie Sand & Gravel Co., Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dozier PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Westgate0.5 miles21
Mobile Heights0.5 miles21
Young Forte Village0.6 miles21
West End0.6 miles21
Gibbs Village0.8 miles21
Greater Washington Park1.0 miles21
Carver Park1.0 miles21
Maxwell Heights1.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 142695. 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.