BlockMonterey Heights, Alabama
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Smiths Station census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36877. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Station quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Smiths quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Smiths Station quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Monterey Heights between 1994 and 2019, burning about 481 acres in total. None 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20150905-001 |
| 2 September 2014 | Fireworks | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140902-002 |
| 17 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 320 LEE ROAD 593, AL |
| 27 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140827-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Monterey Heights: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phenix City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Uchee Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiths Station | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Motts | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Moffits Mill | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bleecker | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Prince Crossroads | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Shotwell | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wacoochee Valley | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Powledge | 8.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 122963. 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.