BlockNorth Heights, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36330. The Survey maps it on the Enterprise quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of North Heights between 1994 and 2017, burning about 212 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 11367 HWY 84, AL |
| 30 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140703-001 |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Heights: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinca-Pine Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Eley Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 0.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Ridge | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Willow Bend | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wooded Acres | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Martin Heights | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Enterprise | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Shell Heights | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Briarhill Acres | 1.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 155769. 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.