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Mission Hills, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35007. It lies near Pine Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Alabaster quadrangle.

Mission Hills within Shelby County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

107 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,303 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 38 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
Arson/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hills: 9 producers, 6 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Iron, Calcium. 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 Refractory Clay Co. PitClayProducer
Alabaster Lime PlantCalciumPast Producer
Landmark Quarry & Lime MillCalciumProducer
Longview Mine & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
LongviewIronPast ProducerResidual
Siluria, W OfIronPast ProducerResidual
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect
A M Leonard ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Shelby 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
Willow Glen0.5 miles19
Elliotsville0.8 miles19
Glen Forest0.9 miles19
Old Maylene1.3 miles19
Scottsdale1.5 miles19
Maylene1.5 miles19
Monte Bello2.2 miles19
Ryan2.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146509. 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.