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Munson Heights, Alabama

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Novosel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36362. It stands on Harrand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Daleville quadrangle.

Munson Heights within Dale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Munson Heights between 1994 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190924-5
19 August 2007Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2000Debris and open burning8.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Munson Heights: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Rosser Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Spiegner Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarrySilicaProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Dale 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
Bowden Terrace0.7 miles13
Allen Heights1.7 miles13
Holiday Village2.0 miles12
Gerald2.0 miles12
Daleville2.3 miles13
Country Estates3.2 miles12
Level Plains3.9 miles12
Kelly4.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155789. 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.