BlockOaks Heights, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36081. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle.
On record in Oaks Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
College Street Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.8 miles away- Troy High Schoollisted 1984 · 0.6 miles away
- Troy Masonic Templelisted 2024 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Oaks Heights between 1994 and 2019, burning about 338 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 4430 NEEDMORE ROAD, AL |
| 28 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190528-1 |
| 22 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1388 CO RD 7708, AL |
| 17 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 May 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20180513-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Oaks Heights: 10 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pik 4 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| J A Curtis Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Oaks | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Northdale | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Troy | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Westview | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Mountainbrook | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Trojan Terrace | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| College Park | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Woodland Hills | 1.0 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551922 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730442. 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.